,:»†^@¤@@@ @@@¤@^†»:,
,:»»»††@@¤ ¤@@††»»»:,
,:»†^@¤@@# #@@¤@^†»:,
,:»†^@@@## ##@@@^†»:,
,:»†††@@¤¤ ¤¤@@†††»:,
,::»††^¤¤¤ ,,,†,,, ¤¤¤^††»::,
,:»†^@¤@@# 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... ##@@¤^†»:,
,:»†^@¤@## ##@¤@^†»:,
,:»†^@¤@@# #@@¤@^†»:,
,:»†^@¤@@# #@@¤@^†»:,
,:†^@¤@@## ##@@¤@^†:,
,:»†^@¤¤¤@ @¤¤¤@^†»:,