.,~^^¤§@## ##@§¤^^~,.
.,~^¤§@### ###@§¤^~,.
.,~^^¤§@## ##@§¤^^~,.
.,~^^¤§@## ##@§¤^^~,.
.,~^^¤§@## ##@§¤^^~,.
.,~^^¤§@## ...^... ##@§¤^^~,.
.,~^^¤§@## 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... @@@§¤^^~,.
.,~~~^^¤@# #@¤^^~~~,.
.,~^^¤§@## ##@§¤^^~,.
....~~^¤§@ @§¤^~~....
.,~^^¤§@## ##@§¤^^~,.
.,~~~^¤¤¤@ @¤¤¤^~~~,.