.-=†*¤&@@# #@@&¤*†=-.
.-=†*¤&@@# #@@&¤*†=-.
.....-=*&@ @&*=-.....
.....-†¤¤@ @¤¤†-.....
.-=†*¤&@@# #@@&¤*†=-.
.-=†*¤&@@# ...†... #@@&¤*†=-.
.-=†*¤&@## 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... @@@&¤*†=-.
....-=†*&& &&*†=-....
....-†*&@@ @@&*†-....
.....-=*¤& &¤*=-.....
..--†††**& &**†††--..
....=**&&@ @&&**=....