.#.#.##.#.                                          .##.##..##
.#.#..#.#.                                          ..#..#.#.#
.#.#.##.#.                                          .##.##.#.#
.#.#..#.#.                                          ..#..#.#.#
.#.#.##.#.                                          .##.##.#.#
.#.#..#.#.                  ...^...                 ..#..#.#.#
.#.#.##.#.            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...                 .##.##.#.#
.#.#..#.#.                                          ..#..#.#.#
.#.#.##.#.                                          .##.##.#.#
.#.#..#.#.                                          ..#..#.#.#
.#.#.##.#.                                          .##.##.#.#
.#.#..#.#.                                          ..#..#.#.#