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¨.«^%*@@## 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 @*^^^«.¨¨¨
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¨.«^%*@@## 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 ##@@*%^«.¨
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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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