.~~««††&&& &&&††««~~.
.....~«/@& &@/«~.....
.~«/†### ####&†/«~.
.~«/†@@& #&&@@†/«~.
.....~/@ #&@/~.....
.~«/†@## .../... ###&@†/«~.
.~«/†††# 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... &@/«......
.~«/†@## ###&@†/«~.
......~/@& &@/~......
.....~//@& &@//~.....
.~«/†@## ###&@†/«~.
.~~««††& #&&††««~~.