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..,~^%¤#£# A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS #£#¤%^~,..
...,~^%¤#£ EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST £#¤%^~,...
..,~^%¤#£# SUCCESSFUL STUDENT #£#¤%^~,..
.,~^%¤#£## ##£#¤%^~,.
..,~^%¤#£# 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 ##£#¤%^~,.
..,~^%¤#£# #£#¤%^~,..
...,~^%¤#£ 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. £#¤%^~,...
..,~^%¤#£# #£#¤%^~,..
.,~^%¤#£## FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE ##£#¤%^~,.
..,~^%¤#£# BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. #£#¤%^~,..
...,~^%¤#£ YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT £#¤%^~,...
..,~^%¤#£# HIM. #£#¤%^~,..
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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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