.~-/*$@@@# #@@@$*/-~.
.~-----*@@ @@*-----~.
.~-/*$@@@# #@@@$*/-~.
......~/*@ @*/~......
.~-/*$@@@@ @@@@$*/-~.
.~-/**$$@@ .../... @@$$**/-~.
.~-/*$$$@@ naftakin, the blind @@$$$*/-~.
.~~~-//$@@ .../... @@$//-~~~.
.~-/*$@@## ##@@$*/-~.
.~-/**$@@@ a student at the charcoal guild... his @@@$**/-~.
.~-/*$@@@# eyes sewn shut from birth... the most #@@@$*/-~.
.~-/*$@@@@ successful student @@@@$*/-~.
......-**@ @**-......
...~///*$@ but one day he fell down into a crystal @$*///~...
.~-/*$@@@# cavern. it was deep in the mountain, a #@@@$*/-~.
....~//*$@ great hall with only a single tiny @$*//~....
.~-/*$@@@@ inlet for both light and falling @@@@$*/-~.
.~-/*$@@## students... ##@@$*/-~.
~-/*$@@@## ##@@@$*/-~
.~-//**$$@ in the fall, the quartz sliced off the @$$**//-~.
......~/$@ threads in his eyes, opening them for @$/~......
.~-//*$@@@ the first time. before him, the @@@$*//-~.
...~~//$@@ crystals mirrored and refracted the one @@$//~~...
.~-/$@@@## light smidge into a whole night sky, ##@@@$/-~.
.~-/*$@@@# and he was struck down with awe #@@@$*/-~.
..~~~~--*@ @*--~~~~..
.~-/*$@@@# but also with shame, because his eyes #@@@$*/-~.
.~-/*$@@@# had seen. hurriedly, he used thread #@@@$*/-~.
....~--*@@ 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. @@@*--~...
.~-/*$@@@# #@@@$*/-~.
.~-/*$@@@# at the end of his life, when at the #@@@$*/-~.
.~-/*$@@@# edge of the world he opened his eyes #@@@$*/-~.
.....-/$@@ for a second time, stars had hatched in @@$/-.....
.~-///$@@@ them... @@@$///-~.
~-/*$@@@## ##@@@$*/-~
......~-*@ @*-~......
....~~/*@@ @@*/~~....
.~-/*$@@@# #@@@$*/-~.
.....~/*$@ @$*/~.....