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...,«††$§# A  STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD...  HIS #§$††«,...
..,«††$§## EYES  SEWN  SHUT  FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ##§$††«,..
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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 $††«,.....
......,«††        TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION.        ††«,......
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........,« FOR YEARS  HE STUDIED AT  THE  GUILD. HE «,........
.......,«† BECAME  A MASTER,  AND  THEN A  PILGRIM. †«,.......
......,«†† YET THE IMAGE FROM  THE  CAVE NEVER LEFT ††«,......
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...,«††$§# 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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