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£¤¤%*~~¨¨¨ A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ¨¨¨~~*%¤¤£
#£¤¤%*~~¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~*%
*~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~*
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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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