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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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¨,»†$@§### AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, WHEN AT THE ###§@$†»,¨
¨,»†$@§§§# EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES #§§§@$†»,¨
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