,:=:*$&¶@# #@¶&$*:=:,
,,:=:*$&¶@ @¶&$*:=:,,
,,,:=:*$&¶ ¶&$*:=:,,,
,,,,:=:*$& &$*:=:,,,,
,,,,,:=:*$ $*:=:,,,,,
,,,,,,:=:* ,,,:,,, *:=:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:=: NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND :=:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:=:* ,,,:,,, *:=:,,,,,,
,,,,,:=:*$ $*:=:,,,,,
,,,,:=:*$& 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... $*:=:,,,,,
,,,,,,:=:* *:=:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:=: :=:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:=:* *:=:,,,,,,
,,,,,:=:*$ $*:=:,,,,,
,,,,:=:*$& &$*:=:,,,,