.~~^*¤&@## ##@&¤*^~~.
.~~^*&@### ###@&*^~~.
.~~^***&&@ @&&***^~~.
.~~^*¤@### ###@¤*^~~.
.~~^*¤&@## ##@&¤*^~~.
.~~^*¤&@## ...^... ##@&¤*^~~.
.......~*& 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... ###&¤*^~~.
....~~^¤@@ @@¤^~~....
.~~^*¤&@@# #@@&¤*^~~.
.~~^*¤&@## ##@&¤*^~~.
....~~~^¤@ @¤^~~~....
.~^*¤&@### ###@&¤*^~.