¨:-**@#@## ##@#@**-:¨
¨:-/**@#@# #@#@**/-:¨
¨¨¨://*@@@ @@@*//:¨¨¨
:-/**@#@## ##@#@**/-:
¨:-/**@#@@ @@#@**/-:¨
¨:-/**#@## ¨¨¨/¨¨¨ ##@#**/-:¨
¨:-/**@#@# 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... #@*/:::::¨
¨:-/**@#@# #@#@**/-:¨
¨:-/**@@## ##@@**/-:¨
¨:-/**@#@# #@#@**/-:¨
¨¨¨:---/*@ @*/---:¨¨¨
¨:-/**@#@# #@#@**/-:¨