#@¶£*=/=-, ,-=/=*£¶@#
¶¶¶£*=/=-, ,-=/=*£¶¶¶
£**===--,, ,,--===**£
¶*/-,,,,,, ,,,,,,-/*¶
¶¶***=/=-, ,-=/=***¶¶
@@¶£*=/=-, ,,,/,,, ,-=/=*£¶@@
#@¶£*=/=-, 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... ,-=/=*£¶@@
£****=/=-, ,-=/=****£
¶£***=/=-, ,-=/=***£¶
@¶*==,,,,, ,,,,,==*¶@
##@¶£*==-, ,-==*£¶@##
¶££**=/=-, ,-=/=**££¶