,--\^§¤#@# #@#¤§^\--,
,--\^§¤¤¤@ @¤¤¤§^\--,
,--\^§¤### ###¤§^\--,
,,,,--\\§¤ ¤§\\--,,,,
,--\^§¤#@# #@#¤§^\--,
,--\^§¤##@ ,,,\,,, @##¤§^\--,
,--\^§¤#@# 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... ¤§^\--,,,,
,--\§¤#@## ##@#¤§\--,
,,,-\^^¤¤# #¤¤^^\-,,,
,--\^§§§¤¤ ¤¤§§§^\--,
,--\^§¤#@# #@#¤§^\--,
,--\^§¤### ###¤§^\--,