,,,,,,:~=*                                          *=~:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~=                                          =~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:~=*                                          *=~:,,,,,,
,,,,,:~=*$                                          $*=~:,,,,,
,,,,:~=*$#                                          #$*=~:,,,,
,,,:~=*$#@                 ,,,=,,,                  @#$*=~:,,,
,,:~=*$#@#            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...                  #$*=~:,,,,
,,,:~=*$#@                                          @#$*=~:,,,
,,:~=*$#@#                                          #@#$*=~:,,
,:~=*$#@##                                          ##@#$*=~:,
,,:~=*$#@#                                          #@#$*=~:,,
,,,:~=*$#@                                          @#$*=~:,,,