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¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§ 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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§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§ BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. §§§¨¨§§§§§
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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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