,,~~~%%%%# #%%%%~~~,,
,~~*%%#@@@ @@@#%%*~~,
,~~*%%#@## ##@#%%*~~,
,~~*%%%%#@ @#%%%%*~~,
,,,,,,~%## ##%~,,,,,,
,,,,,~~%%# ,,,*,,, #%%~~,,,,,
,~~*%%##@# 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... ###%*~~,,,
,~~*%%#@## ##@#%%*~~,
,~~*%%%#@@ @@#%%%*~~,
,~~~~**%#@ @#%**~~~~,
,~~*%%#@@@ @@@#%%*~~,
,~~*%%#@## ##@#%%*~~,