...&&&&.&. &...&.&&&&
&..&...&&& .&..&&&...
&&.&&..&.. &&&.&..&..
&.&&.&.&&. &..&&&.&&.
&&&.&&&&.& .&.&..&&.&
...&&...&& ...†... &&&&&.&.&&
&..&.&..&. 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... &&&...&.&.
&..&&&.&&& ...&..&&&&
.&.&..&&.. &..&&.&...
.&&&&.&.&. &&.&.&&&..
.&...&&&&& &.&&&&..&.
.&&..&.... .&&...&.&&