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,.~^%$¤@## a student at the charcoal guild... his ##@¤$%^~.,
,.~^%$@### eyes sewn shut from birth... the most ###@$%^~.,
,.~^%$¤@## successful student ##@¤$%^~.,
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,.~^%$¤@## but one day he fell down into a crystal ##@¤$%^~.,
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,.~^%%%%¤¤ 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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