#@@§%$;~,¨ ¨,~;$%§@@#
§$~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~$§
§$;~~~~~,¨ ¨,~~~~~;$§
##@@§$;~,¨ ¨,~;$§@@##
§%$~,,,,¨¨ ¨¨,,,,~$%§
@@@§%$;~,¨ ¨¨¨;¨¨¨ ¨,~;$%§@@@
@@@§%$;~,¨ NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND ¨,~;$%§@@@
#@@§%$;~,¨ ¨¨¨;¨¨¨ ¨,~;$%§@@#
@@@§%$;~,¨ ¨,~;$%§@@@
#@@§%$;~,¨ A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ¨,~;$%§@@#
@@§§%$;~,¨ EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ¨,~;$%§§@@
#@@§%$;~,¨ SUCCESSFUL STUDENT ¨,~;$%§@@#
#@@§%$;~,¨ ¨,~;$%§@@#
#@@§%$;~,¨ BUT ONE DAY HE FELL DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL ¨,~;$%§@@#
§§$~,,¨¨¨¨ CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A ¨¨¨¨,,~$§§
@%%;;,¨¨¨¨ GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY ¨¨¨¨,;;%%@
##@@§%$~,¨ INLET FOR BOTH LIGHT AND FALLING ¨,~$%§@@##
§%;,,¨¨¨¨¨ STUDENTS... ¨¨¨¨¨,,;%§
§$;;;;;~,¨ ¨,~;;;;;$§
#@@§%$;~,¨ IN THE FALL, THE QUARTZ SLICED OFF THE ¨,~;$%§@@#
@@@§%$;~,¨ THREADS IN HIS EYES, OPENING THEM FOR ¨,~;$%§@@@
#@@§%$;~,¨ THE FIRST TIME. BEFORE HIM, THE ¨,~;$%§@@#
@@@§%$;~,¨ CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE ¨,~;$%§@@@
@§§%%$;~,¨ LIGHT SMIDGE INTO A WHOLE NIGHT SKY, ¨,~;$%%§§@
§§%$~,,¨¨¨ AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE ¨¨¨,,~$%§§
##@@§$;~,¨ ¨,~;$§@@##
#@@§%$;~,¨ BUT ALSO WITH SHAME, BECAUSE HIS EYES ¨,~;$%§@@#
@@@§%$;~,¨ HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD ¨,~;$%§@@@
#@@§%$;~,¨ FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK ¨,~;$%§@@#
#@@§%$;~,¨ TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT ¨,~;$%§@@#
§%$;~,,¨¨¨ TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION. ¨¨¨,,~;$%§
@%%;;,,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,,;;%%@
§$$$;;,¨¨¨ FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE ¨¨¨,;;$$$§
@§$$;,¨¨¨¨ BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ¨¨¨¨,;$$§@
#@@§%$;~,¨ YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ¨,~;$%§@@#
##@§%$;~,¨ HIM. ¨,~;$%§@##
@@§§%$;~,¨ ¨,~;$%§§@@
§§$~~~,,¨¨ AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, WHEN AT THE ¨¨,,~~~$§§
#@@§%$;~,¨ EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES ¨,~;$%§@@#
##@@§$;~,¨ FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN ¨,~;$§@@##
@§$~~¨¨¨¨¨ THEM... ¨¨¨¨¨~~$§@
@@%%;;~~,¨ ¨,~~;;%%@@
#@@§%$;~,¨ ¨,~;$%§@@#
#@@§%$;~,¨ ¨,~;$%§@@#
#@@§%$;~,¨ ¨,~;$%§@@#
@§§$$~~,,¨ ¨,,~~$$§§@