.^»;$*&#@@ @@#&*$;»^.
.^»;$*&#@# #@#&*$;»^.
.^»;$*&#@# #@#&*$;»^.
.^»;$***#@ @#***$;»^.
.^»;$*&#@# #@#&*$;»^.
..^»»;**&@ ...;... @&**;»»^..
.....^;**& 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 #*;;;^....
.^»;;$***& BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. &***$;;»^.
.^»;$*&&## YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ##&&*$;»^.
....^^»$*& HIM. &*$»^^....
.^»;$*&#@# #@#&*$;»^.
.^»;$*&@## AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, WHEN AT THE ##@&*$;»^.
....^^»$*& EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES &*$»^^....
....^;$$*# FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN #*$$;^....
.^»;$*&@## THEM... ##@&*$;»^.
.^»;$*&@## ##@&*$;»^.
......»;$& &$;»......
.^»;$*&#@@ @@#&*$;»^.
.^»;$*&### ###&*$;»^.
.^»;$*&#@# #@#&*$;»^.