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¨§§§§§§¨¨¨ 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 §¨¨¨¨§§§§§
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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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