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.....~*&&# A  STUDENT AT THE  CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS #&&*~.....
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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 ##¶#&%*~:.
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.:~*%&#¶## IN THE FALL, THE  QUARTZ  SLICED OFF THE ##¶#&%*~:.
.:~*%&#### THREADS IN HIS  EYES,  OPENING THEM  FOR ####&%*~:.
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......:~%# 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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.:~*%%%%%# EDGE  OF  THE WORLD  HE OPENED HIS  EYES #%%%%%*~:.
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