,~=/$%¶@## ##@¶%$/=~,
,,~=/$%¶@# #@¶%$/=~,,
,,,~=/$%¶@ @¶%$/=~,,,
,,~=/$%¶@# #@¶%$/=~,,
,~=/$%¶@## ##@¶%$/=~,
,,~=/$%¶@# ,,,/,,, #@¶%$/=~,,
,,,~=/$%¶@ naftakin, the blind @¶%$/=~,,,
,,~=/$%¶@# ,,,/,,, #@¶%$/=~,,
,~=/$%¶@## ##@¶%$/=~,
,,~=/$%¶@# a student at the charcoal guild... his #@¶%$/=~,,
,,,~=/$%¶@ eyes sewn shut from birth... the most @¶%$/=~,,,
,,~=/$%¶@# successful student #@¶%$/=~,,
,~=/$%¶@## ##@¶%$/=~,
,,~=/$%¶@# but one day he fell down into a crystal #@¶%$/=~,,
,,,~=/$%¶@ cavern. it was deep in the mountain, a @¶%$/=~,,,
,,~=/$%¶@# great hall with only a single tiny #@¶%$/=~,,
,~=/$%¶@## inlet for both light and falling ##@¶%$/=~,
,,~=/$%¶@# students... #@¶%$/=~,,
,,,~=/$%¶@ @¶%$/=~,,,
,,~=/$%¶@# in the fall, the quartz sliced off the #@¶%$/=~,,
,~=/$%¶@## threads in his eyes, opening them for ##@¶%$/=~,
,,~=/$%¶@# the first time. before him, the #@¶%$/=~,,
,,,~=/$%¶@ crystals mirrored and refracted the one @¶%$/=~,,,
,,~=/$%¶@# light smidge into a whole night sky, #@¶%$/=~,,
,~=/$%¶@## and he was struck down with awe ##@¶%$/=~,
,,~=/$%¶@# #@¶%$/=~,,
,,,~=/$%¶@ but also with shame, because his eyes @¶%$/=~,,,
,,~=/$%¶@# had seen. hurriedly, he used thread #@¶%$/=~,,
,~=/$%¶@## from his robe to sew them back ##@¶%$/=~,
,,~=/$%¶@# together, and when help came he did not #@¶%$/=~,,
,,,~=/$%¶@ tell of his transgression. @¶%$/=~,,,
,,~=/$%¶@# #@¶%$/=~,,
,~=/$%¶@## for years he studied at the guild. he ##@¶%$/=~,
,,~=/$%¶@# became a master, and then a pilgrim. #@¶%$/=~,,
,,,~=/$%¶@ yet the image from the cave never left @¶%$/=~,,,
,,~=/$%¶@# him. #@¶%$/=~,,
,~=/$%¶@## ##@¶%$/=~,
,,~=/$%¶@# at the end of his life, when at the #@¶%$/=~,,
,,,~=/$%¶@ edge of the world he opened his eyes @¶%$/=~,,,
,,~=/$%¶@# for a second time, stars had hatched in #@¶%$/=~,,
,~=/$%¶@## them... ##@¶%$/=~,
,,~=/$%¶@# #@¶%$/=~,,
,,,~=/$%¶@ @¶%$/=~,,,
,,~=/$%¶@# #@¶%$/=~,,
,~=/$%¶@## ##@¶%$/=~,
,,~=/$%¶@# #@¶%$/=~,,