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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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,,»»===£§§ HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD §§£===»»,,
,,»=$£§¶@@ FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK @@¶§£$=»,,
,,»=$£§§¶@ TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT @¶§§£$=»,,
,,»=$£§@## TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION. ##@§£$=»,,
,,»=$£§¶@# #@¶§£$=»,,
,,»=$£§¶¶@ FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE @¶¶§£$=»,,
,,»=$£§¶## BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ##¶§£$=»,,
,,,»»»$££§ YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT §££$»»»,,,
,,»===£§§@ 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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