,,:«†%$#@#                                          #@#$%†«:,,
,,,:«†%$#@                                          @#$%†«:,,,
,,,,:«†%$#                                          #$%†«:,,,,
,,,,,:«†%$                                          $%†«:,,,,,
,,,,:«†%$#                                          #$%†«:,,,,
,,,:«†%$#@                 ,,,†,,,                  @#$%†«:,,,
,,:«†%$#@#           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...                  #@#$%†«:,,
,,,:«†%$#@                                          @#$%†«:,,,
,,,,:«†%$#                                          #$%†«:,,,,
,,,,,:«†%$                                          $%†«:,,,,,
,,,,:«†%$#                                          #$%†«:,,,,
,,,:«†%$#@                                          @#$%†«:,,,