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....:»†$@§ EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST §@$†»:....
...:»†$@§# SUCCESSFUL STUDENT #§@$†»:...
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..:»†$@§## CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A ##§@$†»:..
...:»†$@§# GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY #§@$†»:...
....:»†$@§ INLET FOR BOTH LIGHT AND FALLING §@$†»:....
.....:»†$@ STUDENTS... @$†»:.....
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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 #§@$†»:...
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