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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THEM... ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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