,,~:§&#@## ##@#&§:~,,
,,~:§&##@@ @@##&§:~,,
,,~:§&#@## ##@#&§:~,,
,,~:§&@### ###@&§:~,,
,,~:§&#@## ##@#&§:~,,
,,,,~~~:§# ,,,:,,, #§:~~~,,,,
,,~:§&#@## 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... ####&§:~,,
,,~:§&#@## ##@#&§:~,,
,,~:§&#@## ##@#&§:~,,
,,~:§&#@## ##@#&§:~,,
,,~:§&#@## ##@#&§:~,,
,,~:§&#@## ##@#&§:~,,