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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 #,#,,,##,,
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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 ##,#,,,#,,
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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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