,:~^%*&£## ##£&*%^~:,
,:~^%*&£## ##£&*%^~:,
,:~^%*&&&& &&&&*%^~:,
,:~^%*&### ###&*%^~:,
,:~^%*&£## ##£&*%^~:,
,,,,~^^%&£ ,,,^,,, £&%^^~,,,,
,:~~^^%*&& 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... &%^:,,,,,,
,:~^%*&£## ##£&*%^~:,
,,,,:~%&&& &&&%~:,,,,
,:~^%*&£## ##£&*%^~:,
,:~^%*&£## ##£&*%^~:,
,:~^%*&£## ##£&*%^~:,