.&......&& ..........
...&&&&..& &&&&&&&&&&
.&..&&.... &&&&&&&&&.
.......&&& &&&&&&&&..
&&&&&&..&& &&&&&&&..&
&&&&&....& ...:... &&&&&&....
.&&&..&&.. 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... ...&&&&&&&
..&&&&&&.. &&..&&&&&&
...&&&&... &....&&&&.
&&..&&..&& ..&&..&&..
.......... ..........
&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&