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#@§%§;«:,, CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A ,,:«;§%§@#
@§%§;«:,,, GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY ,,,:«;§%§@
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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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#@§%§;«:,, 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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