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¨:-/%&§@## ¨¨¨/¨¨¨ ##@§&%/-:¨
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¨¨¨¨-/%§§@ A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS @§§%/-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:-/%&@@ EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST @@&%/-:¨¨¨
¨:-/&§@### SUCCESSFUL STUDENT ###@§&/-:¨
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¨¨:--/%%§§ BUT ONE DAY HE FELL DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL §§%%/--:¨¨
¨¨¨-//&&@# CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A #@&&//-¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-%§# GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY #§%-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨:-/%&§§§@ INLET FOR BOTH LIGHT AND FALLING @§§§&%/-:¨
¨:-/%&§@## STUDENTS... ##@§&%/-:¨
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¨:-/%&§@## IN THE FALL, THE QUARTZ SLICED OFF THE ##@§&%/-:¨
¨¨¨¨¨:-/&@ THREADS IN HIS EYES, OPENING THEM FOR @&/-:¨¨¨¨¨
¨:-/%&§@## THE FIRST TIME. BEFORE HIM, THE ##@§&%/-:¨
¨:-/%&§@@# CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE #@@§&%/-:¨
¨:--//&§§§ LIGHT SMIDGE INTO A WHOLE NIGHT SKY, §§§&//--:¨
¨:-/%&§@## AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE ##@§&%/-:¨
¨:-/%&§@## ##@§&%/-:¨
¨:-/%&§@@# BUT ALSO WITH SHAME, BECAUSE HIS EYES #@@§&%/-:¨
¨:-/%&§@## HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD ##@§&%/-:¨
¨:-/%%%§§@ FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK @§§%%%/-:¨
¨¨¨¨:-//&@ TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT @&//-:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:/&&&§ TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION. §&&&/:¨¨¨¨
¨:-/%&§@## ##@§&%/-:¨
¨:-/%&§@## FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE ##@§&%/-:¨
¨:-/%&§@## BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ##@§&%/-:¨
¨:-/%&§@## YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ##@§&%/-:¨
:-/%&§@### HIM. ###@§&%/-:
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¨:-/%&§@## AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, WHEN AT THE ##@§&%/-:¨
¨:/%&§@### EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES ###@§&%/:¨
¨:-/%&§### FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN ###§&%/-:¨
¨¨¨----/&§ THEM... §&/----¨¨¨
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