,-~~~^^$#@ @#$^^~~~-,
,-~^%$#@@# #@@#$%^~-,
,-~^%$$$$# #$$$$%^~-,
,-~^%$#@## ##@#$%^~-,
,,,-~~^$@@ @@$^~~-,,,
,,,,,-~%$@ ,,,^,,, @$%~-,,,,,
,,,,-^^^%# 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. ##%~~-,,,,
-~^%$#@@## yet the image from the cave never left ##@@#$%^~-
,-~^%$#@## him. ##@#$%^~-,
,-~^%$#@@# #@@#$%^~-,
,--~^^%%$@ at the end of his life, when at the @$%%^^~--,
,-~^%$#@@@ edge of the world he opened his eyes @@@#$%^~-,
,,,,,-^^$@ for a second time, stars had hatched in @$^^-,,,,,
,-~^%$#@@# them... #@@#$%^~-,
,,,,-^^%#@ @#%^^-,,,,
,-~^%$#@@# #@@#$%^~-,
,-~^%$#@## ##@#$%^~-,
,-~^%$@@## ##@@$%^~-,
,-~^%$#@@# #@@#$%^~-,