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¨¨:-:*§§#@ @#§§*:-:¨¨
¨¨¨:-:*§§# a student at the charcoal guild... his #§§*:-:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:-:*§§ eyes sewn shut from birth... the most §§*:-:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:-:*§ successful student §*:-:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:-:* *:-:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:-: 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. #§§*:-:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:-:*§§ §§*:-:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:-:*§ 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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