....~§&&@# #@&&§~....
.~~;§&§@## ##@§&§;~~.
.~~;§&§@## ##@§&§;~~.
..~~~§&&@# #@&&§~~~..
.~~;§&§@## ##@§&§;~~.
.~~;§&§§§# ...;... #§§§&§;~~.
.~~;§&§@## 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... §§§~~~....
.~~;§§§§§§ §§§§§§;~~.
...~;;§§@# #@§§;;~...
.~~;§&§@## ##@§&§;~~.
.~~~~;§§§@ @§§§;~~~~.
.~~;§&§@## ##@§&§;~~.