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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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=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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.        ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
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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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