...,~*§§§¤ ¤§§§*~,...
.,~**§¤@@# #@@¤§**~,.
.,~**§¤@## ##@¤§**~,.
....~**¤@@ @@¤**~....
.,~**§§¤@@ @@¤§§**~,.
......,*§@ ...*... @§*,......
......~*§@ 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... ##@@¤**~,.
.,~**§¤@@@ @@@¤§**~,.
.,~**§¤@@# #@@¤§**~,.
.....~*§¤@ @¤§*~.....
......,*§@ @§*,......
.....~*§¤@ @¤§*~.....