#@##*=\«^, ,^«\=*##@# @#=\«^,,,, ,,,,^«\=#@ ##@##=\«^, ,^«\=##@## ##*\«^^,,, ,,,^^«\*## @#*\«^^,,, ,,,^^«\*#@ #*\«^,,,,, ,,,\,,, ,,,,,^«\*# ##@##*\«^, 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... ,^«\=*##@# #@##*=\«^, ,^«\=*##@# ##*=\^,,,, ,,,,^\=*## @#==«,,,,, ,,,,,«==#@ #@##*=\«^, ,^«\=*##@# #@##*=\«^, ,^«\=*##@# ##@#*=\«^, ,^«\=*#@##