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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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