,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,,
^,,,,,,,,,                  ,,,:,,,                 ,,,,,,,,,^
~^,,,,,,,,            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 ,,,,,,,^~:
$:~^,,,,,,        TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION.        ,,,,,,^~:$
%$:~^,,,,,                                          ,,,,,^~:$%
@%$:~^,,,, FOR YEARS  HE STUDIED  AT  THE GUILD. HE ,,,,^~:$%@
#@%$:~^,,, BECAME A MASTER,  AND  THEN  A  PILGRIM. ,,,^~:$%@#
@#@%$:~^,, YET THE IMAGE  FROM THE CAVE  NEVER LEFT ,,^~:$%@#@
#@#@%$:~^,                   HIM.                   ,^~:$%@#@#
@#@%$:~^,,                                          ,,^~:$%@#@
#@%$:~^,,, AT  THE  END  OF HIS LIFE, WHEN  AT  THE ,,,^~:$%@#
@%$:~^,,,, EDGE  OF THE WORLD  HE  OPENED HIS  EYES ,,,,^~:$%@
%$:~^,,,,, FOR A  SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN ,,,,,^~:$%
$:~^,,,,,,                 THEM...                  ,,,,,,^~:$
:~^,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,^~:
~^,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,^~
^,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,^
,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,,