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#&&&§*:«,¨ SUCCESSFUL STUDENT ¨,«:*§&&&#
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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 ¨,«:*§&@##
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##@&§*:«,¨ THREADS IN HIS EYES, OPENING THEM FOR ¨,«:*§&@##
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@§**«««,,¨ CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE ¨,,«««**§@
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##@&§*:«,¨ AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE ¨,«:*§&@##
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#&§§§*:«,¨ FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK ¨,«:*§§§&#
##@&§*:«,¨ TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT ¨,«:*§&@##
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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 ¨,««:*§§@#
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