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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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