.,~\%¤@@## ##@@¤%\~,.
..,~\%¤@@# #@@¤%\~,..
...,~\%¤@@ @@¤%\~,...
....,~\%¤@ @¤%\~,....
.....,~\%¤ ¤%\~,.....
......,~\% ...\... %\~,......
.......,~\ 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... ¤%\~,.....
......,~\% %\~,......
.......,~\ \~,.......
......,~\% %\~,......
.....,~\%¤ ¤%\~,.....
....,~\%¤@ @¤%\~,....