,,,,,,~~^# #^~~,,,,,,
,,~\^&#### ####&^\~,,
,,,,,~\^## ##^\~,,,,,
,,~\^&#### ####&^\~,,
,,,,,~~\^# #^\~~,,,,,
,,,,~\^^&# ,,,\,,, #&^^\~,,,,
,,,,,~^&## 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... #&^^\,,,,,
,,,,,,~^## ##^~,,,,,,
,,~\^^&&## ##&&^^\~,,
,,~\^&#### ####&^\~,,
,,~\^&#### ####&^\~,,
,,,,,,~\&# #&\~,,,,,,