,,,,,~-=$§ §$=-~,,,,,
,,,-==$$§§ §§$$==-,,,
,,,---%$$# #$$%---,,,
,~-=%$§#@@ @@#§$%=-~,
,,,~~~=%§# #§%=~~~,,,
,,~~~-%$§§ ,,,=,,, §§$%-~~~,,
,~-=%$$§§§ NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND §§§$$%=-~,
,,,,~-%§§# ,,,=,,, #§§%-~,,,,
,,,~--%%§§ §§%%--~,,,
,~-=%$§### A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ###§$%=-~,
,~-=%$§#@# EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST #@#§$%=-~,
,~---%$$$# SUCCESSFUL STUDENT #$$$%---~,
,~-=%$§@## ##@§$%=-~,
,~-=%$§#@@ BUT ONE DAY HE FELL DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL @@#§$%=-~,
,~-=%$§#@# CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A #@#§$%=-~,
,~=%$§#@## GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY ##@#§$%=~,
,~-=%$§§§# INLET FOR BOTH LIGHT AND FALLING #§§§$%=-~,
,,,,,,-=%§ 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... §§§%%==-~,
,~-=%$§#@@ @@#§$%=-~,
,~-=%$§§§§ §§§§$%=-~,
,,,,,~==$§ §$==~,,,,,
,~~~===%§# #§%===~~~,
,~-=%$§#@@ @@#§$%=-~,