&&&&,,&&,&                                          ,,&&&&&&&,
&,,,&,&,&&                                          &,&,,,,,,&
,&,,&&&&&,                                          ,&&&,,,,,&
&&&,&,,,,&                                          ,&,,&,,,,&
,,,&&&,,,&                                          &&&,&&,,,&
&,,&,,&,,&                 ,,,:,,,                  ,,,&&,&,,&
,&,&&,&&,&           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...                  &,,&,&&,,,
&,&,&,,,&,                                          &&,&&&,&,,
&&&&&&,,&&                                          &,&&,,&&&,
&,,,,,&,&,                                          &&&,&,&,,&
,&,,,,&&&&                                          ,,,&&&&&,&
&&&,,,&,,,                                          ,,,&,,,,&&