¨,=†%*§@##                                          ##@§*%†=,¨
¨¨,=†%*§@#                                          #@§*%†=,¨¨
¨¨¨,=†%*§@                                          @§*%†=,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,=†%*§                                          §*%†=,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,=†%*§@                                          @§*%†=,¨¨¨
¨¨,=†%*§@#                  ¨¨¨†¨¨¨                 #@§*%†=,¨¨
¨,=†%*§@##            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...                  @§*%†=,¨¨¨
¨¨,=†%*§@#                                          #@§*%†=,¨¨
¨,=†%*§@##                                          ##@§*%†=,¨
¨¨,=†%*§@#                                          #@§*%†=,¨¨
¨¨¨,=†%*§@                                          @§*%†=,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,=†%*§                                          §*%†=,¨¨¨¨