.^~\%¤###@ @###¤%\~^.
.^~\%¤#### ####¤%\~^.
.^~\%¤#@## ##@#¤%\~^.
.^~\%¤##@# #@##¤%\~^.
......^\%# #%\^......
.^^^^~\¤¤# ...\... #¤¤\~^^^^.
......~%#@ 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... #@##¤%\~^.
.^~\%¤#@## ##@#¤%\~^.
.....^\%## ##%\^.....
.^~\%¤##@# #@##¤%\~^.
..^^^~\¤## ##¤\~^^^..
.^~\%¤##@# #@##¤%\~^.