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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 ,.........
..........                   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 ..........
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