,,,,,~*&@# #@&*~,,,,,
,,,,,,~*&@ @&*~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~*& &*~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~* *~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~*& &*~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~*&@ ,,,/,,, @&*~,,,,,,
,,,,,~*&@# NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND #@&*~,,,,,
,,,,~*&@## ,,,/,,, ##@&*~,,,,
,,,~*&@### ###@&*~,,,
,,~*&@#### A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ####@&*~,,
,,,~*&@### EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ###@&*~,,,
,,,,~*&@## SUCCESSFUL STUDENT ##@&*~,,,,
,,,,,~*&@# #@&*~,,,,,
,,,,,,~*&@ 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... @&*~,,,,,,
,,,,,~*&@# #@&*~,,,,,
,,,,~*&@## 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 #@&*~,,,,,
,,,,,,~*&@ @&*~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~*& 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. #@&*~,,,,,
,,,,~*&@## ##@&*~,,,,
,,,~*&@### 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... &*~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~*&@ @&*~,,,,,,
,,,,,~*&@# #@&*~,,,,,
,,,,~*&@## ##@&*~,,,,
,,,~*&@### ###@&*~,,,
,,~*&@#### ####@&*~,,