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.,-*†%§@## a  student  at the charcoal guild... his ##@§%†*-,.
....,*†§@# eyes sewn shut  from  birth... the  most #@§†*,....
.,-*†%§###            successful student            ###§%†*-,.
.,-*†%§@##                                          ##@§%†*-,.
.,-**††§§# 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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