..--;;%%## ##%%;;--..
...--~*@@# #@@*~--...
.-~;*%@#@@ @@#@%*;~-.
.-~;*%@#@# #@#@%*;~-.
.-~;*%@#@@ @@#@%*;~-.
....~*%%## ...;... ##%%*~....
.-~;*%@#@# 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... #@#@%*;~-.
.-~;;**@@# #@@**;;~-.
.-~;*%#@## ##@#%*;~-.
...-~;%%%@ @%%%;~-...
.....~;*@@ @@*;~.....
.-~;*%@#@# #@#@%*;~-.