.::»»»=$$¤ ¤$$=»»»::.
.:»=*$¤£## ##£¤$*=»:.
.:»=*$¤£## ##£¤$*=»:.
......»»*¤ ¤*»»......
......»*¤# #¤*»......
.:»=*$¤£## ...=... ##£¤$*=»:.
......»*¤# 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 #¤*»:.....
.....:»*$£ Them... £$*»:.....
.:»=*$¤£## ##£¤$*=»:.
.:»=*$¤£## ##£¤$*=»:.
..::==$¤¤£ £¤¤$==::..
......:»*¤ ¤*»:......
.....:==*¤ ¤*==:.....