,:~~==**@& &@**==~~:,
,,,,,,:=@& &@=:,,,,,,
,,,,~~~**& &**~~~,,,,
,:~=*@#### ####@*=~:,
,:~=*@&### ###&@*=~:,
,:~=*@&&&# ,,,=,,, #&&&@*=~:,
,,,,,,:~*& 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... ###&@*=~:,
,:~=*@&### ###&@*=~:,
,:~=*@&### ###&@*=~:,
,,,,,~~*@# #@*~~,,,,,
,:~=*@&### ###&@*=~:,
,:~=*@&### ###&@*=~:,