,,-:*%¤@## ##@¤%*:-,,
,,-:*%¤@## ##@¤%*:-,,
,,-:***¤@# #@¤***:-,,
,,-:*%¤@## ##@¤%*:-,,
,,-:*%¤@## ##@¤%*:-,,
,,,,,,:%%@ ,,,:,,, @%%:,,,,,,
,,-:***¤¤@ 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... ##@¤%*:-,,
,,-:*%¤@## ##@¤%*:-,,
,,-:***%¤¤ ¤¤%***:-,,
,,-:*%¤### ###¤%*:-,,
,,-:*%¤@@@ @@@¤%*:-,,
,,-:*%¤@## ##@¤%*:-,,