,-»=*%¤¶## ##¶¤%*=»-,
,,-»=*%¤¶# #¶¤%*=»-,,
,,,-»=*%¤¶ ¶¤%*=»-,,,
,,,,-»=*%¤ ¤%*=»-,,,,
,,,,,-»=*% %*=»-,,,,,
,,,,,,-»=* ,,,=,,, *=»-,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-»= 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... %*=»-,,,,,
,,,,,,-»=* *=»-,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-»= =»-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-»=* *=»-,,,,,,
,,,,,-»=*% %*=»-,,,,,
,,,,-»=*%¤ ¤%*=»-,,,,