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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 .@@@..@@.@
..@.@@.@@@ 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 .@@.@@..@@
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