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