#¤$$=^.... ....^=$$¤#
##¶¤$$=«^. .^«=$$¤¶##
#¶$$$««... ...««$$$¶#
##¶¤$$=«^. .^«=$$¤¶##
##¶¤$$=«^. .^«=$$¤¶##
¶$$«««.... ...=... ....«««$$¶
###¶$$=«^. NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND .^«=$$¶###
¤$$$=^.... ...=... ....^=$$$¤
##¶¤$$=«^. .^«=$$¤¶##
¶$$$$==«^. A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS .^«==$$$$¶
#¤$===^... EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ...^===$¤#
##¶¤$$=«^. 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... .^«=$$¶###
##¶¤$$=«^. .^«=$$¤¶##
#¤$$$=««^. .^««=$$$¤#
#¤¤$$==«^. .^«==$$¤¤#
#¶$=«..... .....«=$¶#
¶$=«...... ......«=$¶