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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 ,,#,,#,,,#
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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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###,,#,,#, TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE  DID NOT ,###,,,,,,
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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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