,,~;$%&¶## ##¶&%$;~,,
,,~;$%&¶## ##¶&%$;~,,
,,~~;;%&¶# #¶&%;;~~,,
,,~;$%&¶## ##¶&%$;~,,
,,,,,;$&&# #&&$;,,,,,
,,,,;;%%&¶ ,,,;,,, ¶&%%;;,,,,
,,~;$%&¶## naftakin, the blind ##¶&%$;~,,
,,~~~~$&¶# ,,,;,,, #¶&$~~~~,,
,,~;$%&¶¶¶ ¶¶¶&%$;~,,
,,~;$%&¶## a student at the charcoal guild... his ##¶&%$;~,,
,,~;$%&¶## eyes sewn shut from birth... the most ##¶&%$;~,,
,,~;$%&¶## successful student ##¶&%$;~,,
,,,,,,~$&# #&$~,,,,,,
,,~;$%&¶## but one day he fell down into a crystal ##¶&%$;~,,
,,,,,,~;$& cavern. it was deep in the mountain, a &$;~,,,,,,
,,~;$%&¶## great hall with only a single tiny ##¶&%$;~,,
,,~;$%&¶## inlet for both light and falling ##¶&%$;~,,
,,,,,;;%%¶ 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 &%;;,,,,,,
,,~;$%&¶## from his robe to sew them back ##¶&%$;~,,
,,~;$%&### together, and when help came he did not ###&%$;~,,
,,~;$%&¶## tell of his transgression. ##¶&%$;~,,
,,~;;;$&&# #&&$;;;~,,
,,~;$%&### for years he studied at the guild. he ###&%$;~,,
,,~;$%&¶## became a master, and then a pilgrim. ##¶&%$;~,,
,,~;$%&&¶¶ yet the image from the cave never left ¶¶&&%$;~,,
,,~;;$$%&¶ him. ¶&%$$;;~,,
,,~;$%&&¶# #¶&&%$;~,,
,,~;$%¶### at the end of his life, when at the ###¶%$;~,,
,,~;$%&¶## edge of the world he opened his eyes ##¶&%$;~,,
,,,~;;;$&& for a second time, stars had hatched in &&$;;;~,,,
,,~;$%¶### them... ###¶%$;~,,
,,~;$%&¶## ##¶&%$;~,,
,,~;$%&&&& &&&&%$;~,,
,,~;$%&¶## ##¶&%$;~,,
,,~;$%&¶## ##¶&%$;~,,
,,~;$%&¶## ##¶&%$;~,,