.,~**@@¶¶@ @¶¶@@**~,.
...,~***@¶ ¶@***~,...
.,~**@@¶@# #@¶@@**~,.
...,~~*@¶@ @¶@*~~,...
....,**@@@ @@@**,....
.,~**@@¶¶@ ...*... @¶¶@@**~,.
...~~~*@¶@ 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... @@¶@@**~,.
.....,~*@@ @@*~,.....
.,~**@@¶@# #@¶@@**~,.
.,~**@@¶## ##¶@@**~,.
.,~**@@¶@# #@¶@@**~,.
.,~**@@¶@# #@¶@@**~,.