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,,,,#,#,#, EYES SEWN SHUT  FROM  BIRTH... THE  MOST ,,,,#,#,,#
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####,,,##, CRYSTALS MIRRORED  AND REFRACTED THE ONE ,#,,#,,,#,
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,,#,,####, FOR  YEARS HE  STUDIED AT THE  GUILD. HE #,####,,,,
,,##,#,,,# BECAME A  MASTER,  AND THEN  A  PILGRIM. ,##,,,#,,,
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