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##††/-¨¨¨¨ A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ¨¨¨¨-/††##
##@#@†/=-¨ EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ¨-=/†@#@##
##@#@†/=-¨ SUCCESSFUL STUDENT ¨-=/†@#@##
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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 ¨-=/†@#@@#
#@#††/==-¨ INLET FOR BOTH LIGHT AND FALLING ¨-==/††#@#
##@#@†/=-¨ STUDENTS... ¨-=/†@#@##
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##@#@†/=-¨ 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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#@@/=--¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨-==††@@#
##@#@†/=-¨ 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 ¨-=/†@#@##
@#@/=¨¨¨¨¨ THEM... ¨¨¨¨¨=/@#@
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