¨¨¨~^^%#@# #@#%^^~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~^^%#@ @#%^^~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~^^%# #%^^~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~^^%#@ @#%^^~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~^^%#@# #@#%^^~¨¨¨
¨¨~^^%#@## ¨¨¨^¨¨¨ ##@#%^^~¨¨
¨~^^%#@### 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... #@#%^^~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~^^%#@ @#%^^~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~^^%# #%^^~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~^^%#@ @#%^^~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~^^%#@# #@#%^^~¨¨¨
¨¨~^^%#@## ##@#%^^~¨¨