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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 ..@.@.@@.@
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..@.@.@.@. the first time. before him, the ..@.@.@@.@
.@@.@.@.@. crystals mirrored and refracted the one .@@.@..@.@
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.@@.@.@.@. and he was struck down with awe .@@.@..@.@
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.@@.@.@.@. but also with shame, because his eyes .@@.@..@.@
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.@@.@.@.@. for years he studied at the guild. he .@@.@..@.@
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..@.@.@.@. at the end of his life, when at the ..@.@.@@.@
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..@.@.@.@. for a second time, stars had hatched in ..@.@.@@.@
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