.....,**&& &&**,.....
...~***¤&# #&¤***~...
....,~~**& &**~~,....
.,~**¤&### ###&¤**~,.
.....~**¤# #¤**~.....
....,**¤¤# ...*... #¤¤**,....
.,~**¤&### 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... #&*~~,....
.,~**¤&### ###&¤**~,.
......~*&# #&*~......
.,~**¤&### ###&¤**~,.
.,~**¤¤¤&# #&¤¤¤**~,.
.,~**¤&### ###&¤**~,.