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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 §§¨¨¨¨§§§§
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¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨ 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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