.~=\%%%%§# #§%%%%\=~.
.~=\%¤§##@ @##§¤%\=~.
.~=\%¤§#@# #@#§¤%\=~.
.~=\%%%§§# #§§%%%\=~.
....~\%%§@ @§%%\~....
...~~\%¤## ...\... ##¤%\~~...
.~=\%%¤¤¤# 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... ##@§¤%\=~.
..~~=%%¤#@ @#¤%%=~~..
.~=\%¤§§## ##§§¤%\=~.
......=%¤§ §¤%=......
.~=\%¤§### ###§¤%\=~.
.~=\%¤¤¤§§ §§¤¤¤%\=~.