,~~/†@¤### ###¤@†/~~,
,~~/†@¤¶## ##¶¤@†/~~,
,,,,,,~/†¤ ¤†/~,,,,,,
,~~/†@¤¶## ##¶¤@†/~~,
,,,,,,~~†¤ ¤†~~,,,,,,
,~~/†@¤¶## ,,,/,,, ##¶¤@†/~~,
,~~/†@¤¶¶# 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... ¶¤¤††~~,,,
,,,,,~~/†¤ ¤†/~~,,,,,
,~~/†@¤¶## ##¶¤@†/~~,
,~~/†@¤¶¶¶ ¶¶¶¤@†/~~,
,~~/@¤¶### ###¶¤@/~~,
,~~/†@¤¶## ##¶¤@†/~~,