##@£%=\«^,                                          ,^«\=%£@##
#@£%=\«^,,                                          ,,^«\=%£@#
##@£%=\«^,                                          ,^«\=%£@##
#@£%=\«^,,                                          ,,^«\=%£@#
##@£%=\«^,                                          ,^«\=%£@##
#@£%=\«^,,                 ,,,\,,,                  ,,^«\=%£@#
##@£%=\«^,            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...                 ,^«\=%£@##
#@£%=\«^,,                                          ,,^«\=%£@#
##@£%=\«^,                                          ,^«\=%£@##
#@£%=\«^,,                                          ,,^«\=%£@#
##@£%=\«^,                                          ,^«\=%£@##
#@£%=\«^,,                                          ,,^«\=%£@#