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.,«\*§§### A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ###§§*\«,.
.,«\*§§### EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ###§§*\«,.
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...,\**§§# BUT ONE DAY HE FELL DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL #§§**\,...
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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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....««*§## HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD ##§*««....
.,«\*§§### FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK ###§§*\«,.
.,«\*§§§§§ TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT §§§§§*\«,.
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.,«\*§§### BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ###§§*\«,.
.,«\*§§### YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ###§§*\«,.
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