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¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨ 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 ¨§§§¨¨§¨§§
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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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¨§§§¨¨§¨§§ 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 ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
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