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#@¶¤§*^-^¨ EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ¨^-^*§¤¶@#
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#@¶¤§*^-^¨ 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 ¨^-^*§¤¶@#
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#@¶¤§*^-^¨ CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE ¨^-^*§¤¶@#
@¶¤§*^-^¨¨ LIGHT SMIDGE INTO A WHOLE NIGHT SKY, ¨¨^-^*§¤¶@
#@¶¤§*^-^¨ AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE ¨^-^*§¤¶@#
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#@¶¤§*^-^¨ FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK ¨^-^*§¤¶@#
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#@¶¤§*^-^¨ TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION. ¨^-^*§¤¶@#
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#@¶¤§*^-^¨ FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE ¨^-^*§¤¶@#
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#@¶¤§*^-^¨ YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ¨^-^*§¤¶@#
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