@@@&&%†»~¨ ¨~»†%&&@@@ ##@&&%†»~¨ ¨~»†%&&@## #&&&&%†»~¨ ¨~»†%&&&&# @&%%%»~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~»%%%&@ @&&%%††»~¨ ¨~»††%%&&@ &%%»»~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨†¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~»»%%& ##@&&%†»~¨ 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... ¨~»††%&&&# ##@&&%†»~¨ ¨~»†%&&@## &%†»¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨»†%& #@&%%»~~¨¨ ¨¨~~»%%&@# ##@&&%†»~¨ ¨~»†%&&@## ##@&&%†»~¨ ¨~»†%&&@## ##@&&%†»~¨ ¨~»†%&&@##