#¤¤¤§§*»~¨ ¨~»*§§¤¤¤#
¤¤***~~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~~***¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤§*»~¨ ¨~»*§¤¤¤¤¤
#@#¤¤§*»~¨ ¨~»*§¤¤#@#
¤¤*~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~*¤¤
@@#¤¤§*»~¨ ¨¨¨*¨¨¨ ¨~»*§¤¤#@@
@##¤¤§*»~¨ 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... ¨¨¨¨»*§¤¤¤
#¤¤*»»~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~»»*¤¤#
#¤¤§**»»~¨ ¨~»»**§¤¤#
¤¤¤§»~~~~¨ ¨~~~~»§¤¤¤
###¤¤§*»~¨ ¨~»*§¤¤###
#@#¤¤§*»~¨ ¨~»*§¤¤#@#