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.....:»;$% A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS %$;»:.....
......:»;$ EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST $;»:......
.......:»; SUCCESSFUL STUDENT ;»:.......
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.........: BUT ONE DAY HE FELL DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL :.........
.......... CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A ..........
.......... GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY ..........
.......... INLET FOR BOTH LIGHT AND FALLING ..........
.......... STUDENTS... ..........
.......... ..........
.........: IN THE FALL, THE QUARTZ SLICED OFF THE :.........
........:» THREADS IN HIS EYES, OPENING THEM FOR »:........
.......:»; THE FIRST TIME. BEFORE HIM, THE ;»:.......
......:»;$ 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. #%$;»:....
.....:»;$% %$;»:.....
......:»;$ 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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