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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. #@@§^^*»-,
,-*^§@#### ####@§^*-,
,,,,»^^@## 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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