.,-=^@§#@#                                          #@#§@^=-,.
..,-=^@§#@                                          @#§@^=-,..
...,-=^@§#                                          #§@^=-,...
....,-=^@§                                          §@^=-,....
.....,-=^@                                          @^=-,.....
....,-=^@§                  ...=...                 §@^=-,....
...,-=^@§#            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...                 #@#§@^=-,.
..,-=^@§#@                                          @#§@^=-,..
...,-=^@§#                                          #§@^=-,...
....,-=^@§                                          §@^=-,....
.....,-=^@                                          @^=-,.....
....,-=^@§                                          §@^=-,....