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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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