,:»^%&#@## ##@#&%^»:,
,,,,:»%&## ##&%»:,,,,
,,,»»^%%¤@ @¤%%^»»,,,
,,,,,:^%&# #&%^:,,,,,
,:»^%&&¤¤# #¤¤&&%^»:,
,,,,»^%%¤¤ ,,,^,,, ¤¤%%^»,,,,
,,,,::^%&# 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... #@#¤&%^»:,
,:»^%&&¤¤¤ ¤¤¤&&%^»:,
,:»^%&¤¤## ##¤¤&%^»:,
,,,,,,»%¤¤ ¤¤%»,,,,,,
,:»^%&¤¤¤@ @¤¤¤&%^»:,
,:»^%¤#@## ##@#¤%^»:,