¨¨~~~$$$&& &&$$$~~~¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~$&# #&$~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~~$$&@# #@&$$~~¨¨¨
¨~~/$@&@## ##@&@$/~~¨
¨¨¨~~~/@@& &@@/~~~¨¨¨
¨~~/$@&@## ¨¨¨/¨¨¨ ##@&@$/~~¨
¨¨¨~~/@@&# 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 @@@/~~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~//$@& GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY &@$//~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~$&# INLET FOR BOTH LIGHT AND FALLING #&$~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~/$@&@## STUDENTS... ##@&@$/~~¨
¨~~/$@&@## ##@&@$/~~¨
¨~~/$@@### IN THE FALL, THE QUARTZ SLICED OFF THE ###@@$/~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~$&&# THREADS IN HIS EYES, OPENING THEM FOR #&&$~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~/$@&@## THE FIRST TIME. BEFORE HIM, THE ##@&@$/~~¨
¨¨¨¨~~/$&& CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE &&$/~~¨¨¨¨
¨~~/$@&@## LIGHT SMIDGE INTO A WHOLE NIGHT SKY, ##@&@$/~~¨
¨¨~~~//$$& AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE &$$//~~~¨¨
¨~~/$@&@## ##@&@$/~~¨
¨~~/$$@@&# BUT ALSO WITH SHAME, BECAUSE HIS EYES #&@@$$/~~¨
¨~~/$@&@## HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD ##@&@$/~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~/$@& FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK &@$/~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~/$@&@## TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT ##@&@$/~~¨
¨~~/$@&@## TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION. ##@&@$/~~¨
¨¨¨¨~/@&@# #@&@/~¨¨¨¨
¨~~/$@&@## FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE ##@&@$/~~¨
¨~~/$@&&&@ BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. @&&&@$/~~¨
¨~~/$@&@## YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ##@&@$/~~¨
¨~~/$@@&&& HIM. &&&@@$/~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~/@@@ @@@/~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~/$@&@## AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, WHEN AT THE ##@&@$/~~¨
¨~~/$@&@## EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES ##@&@$/~~¨
¨~~/$@&&&@ FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN @&&&@$/~~¨
¨~~/$@&@## THEM... ##@&@$/~~¨
¨~~/$@&@## ##@&@$/~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~/@@& &@@/~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~/$& &$/~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~/$@&@@# #@@&@$/~~¨
¨¨¨~~~$@&@ @&@$~~~¨¨¨