.-=:§¤¤§§@ @§§¤¤§:=-.
.-=:§¤§@@# #@@§¤§:=-.
...--=§§¤@ @¤§§=--...
.-=:::¤§@@ @@§¤:::=-.
.-=:§§§¤@@ @@¤§§§:=-.
....-::¤¤§ ...:... §¤¤::-....
.-=:§¤§@@# 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... §§¤:-.....
.....-:§§@ @§§:-.....
.-=:§¤§@## ##@§¤§:=-.
.-=:§¤§@## ##@§¤§:=-.
.-=::§§§§@ @§§§§::=-.
.-===:§§§@ @§§§:===-.