,,,,~\$¤¤¤ ¤¤¤$\~,,,,
,,~\†$¤@@# #@@¤$†\~,,
,,~\†$¤@@# #@@¤$†\~,,
,,~\†$¤@@# #@@¤$†\~,,
,,,,,,~\†¤ ¤†\~,,,,,,
,,~\†††$¤@ ,,,\,,, @¤$†††\~,,
,,~\†$¤@@# 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 ¤¤†~,,,,,,
,,~\†$¤@## THEM... ##@¤$†\~,,
,,~\†$¤@@@ @@@¤$†\~,,
,,~\†$¤@## ##@¤$†\~,,
,,~\†$¤@@# #@@¤$†\~,,
,,,,~††$$@ @$$††~,,,,
,,~\†$¤@@# #@@¤$†\~,,