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@@@§%§\=:¨ A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ¨:=\§%§@@@
##@§%§\=:¨ EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ¨:=\§%§@##
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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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@@§§=::::¨ 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 ¨¨¨:\§§§%@
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§§§§§\==:¨ 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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