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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 §@†;,¨¨¨¨¨
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¨,»;†@§¶@# CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE #@¶§@†;»,¨
¨¨¨¨,,;@§@ LIGHT SMIDGE INTO A WHOLE NIGHT SKY, @§@;,,¨¨¨¨
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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 @@¶§@†;»,¨
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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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