¨¨¨::::^§# #§^::::¨¨¨
¨:«^§§@### ###@§§^«:¨
¨:«^§§@### ###@§§^«:¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:^§# #§^:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨:«^§§@### ###@§§^«:¨
¨¨¨¨:«§§§@ ¨¨¨^¨¨¨ @§§§«:¨¨¨¨
¨:«^§§@@## 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... ##@§§^:¨¨¨
¨:«^§§@### ###@§§^«:¨
¨¨¨¨«§§§@# #@§§§«¨¨¨¨
¨:::«^§@@@ @@@§^«:::¨
¨¨¨¨:::^§@ @§^:::¨¨¨¨
¨:«^§@#### ####@§^«:¨