##$§/^.... ....^/§$##
##$§=^.... ....^=§$##
##§==..... .....==§##
####$§/=^. .^=/§$####
####$§/=^. .^=/§$####
##§§§§/=^. .../... .^=/§§§§##
####$§/=^. NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND .^=/§$####
##$§§==... .../... ...==§§$##
####$§/=^. .^=/§$####
####$§/=^. A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS .^=/§$####
####$§/=^. EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST .^=/§$####
#$§=...... SUCCESSFUL STUDENT ......=§$#
####$§/=^. .^=/§$####
####$§/=^. BUT ONE DAY HE FELL DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL .^=/§$####
##§§====^. 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 ......=§##
####$§/=^. THEM... .^=/§$####
####$§/=^. .^=/§$####
##§/=^^... ...^^=/§##
##§§//^... ...^//§§##
####$§/=^. .^=/§$####
#####§/=^. .^=/§#####