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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 ,,,,****¤¤
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¤¤*****«,, 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. ,,«**¤####
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#¤¤***«,,, FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE ,,,«***¤¤#
###¤***«,, BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ,,«***¤###
¤**,,,,,,, YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ,,,,,,,**¤
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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 ,,,,*****¤
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