,:~;%¤@@## ##@@¤%;~:,
,,:~;%¤@@# #@@¤%;~:,,
,,,:~;%¤@@ @@¤%;~:,,,
,,,,:~;%¤@ @¤%;~:,,,,
,,,,,:~;%¤ ¤%;~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:~;% ,,,;,,, %;~:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~; 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... ¤%;~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:~;% %;~:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~; ;~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:~;% %;~:,,,,,,
,,,,,:~;%¤ ¤%;~:,,,,,
,,,,:~;%¤@ @¤%;~:,,,,