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...:«\*%§# Eyes  Sewn Shut  From Birth... The  Most #§%*\«:...
....:«\*%§            Successful Student            §%*\«:....
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......:«\* But One Day He Fell Down  Into A Crystal *\«:......
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......:«\* Great  Hall  With  Only  A  Single  Tiny *\«:......
.....:«\*% Inlet   For   Both  Light   And  Falling %*\«:.....
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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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.......:«\ 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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..:«\*%§## Became  A Master, And  Then  A  Pilgrim. ##§%*\«:..
...:«\*%§# Yet The Image  From  The Cave Never Left #§%*\«:...
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