,,,,,,:^$@ @$^:,,,,,,
,:-^$*@@## ##@@*$^-:,
,:-^$*@@@# #@@@*$^-:,
,:-^^^^$$@ @$$^^^^-:,
,:-^$*@@@# #@@@*$^-:,
,:-^$*@@@# ,,,^,,, #@@@*$^-:,
,:-^$*@@## NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND ##@@*$^-:,
,:-^$*@@@@ ,,,^,,, @@@@*$^-:,
,:-^$*@@## ##@@*$^-:,
,:----$@@@ A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS @@@$----:,
,:-^$*@@@# EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST #@@@*$^-:,
,:--^$***@ SUCCESSFUL STUDENT @***$^--:,
,,,::-^$@@ @@$^-::,,,
,:-^$*@@@@ BUT ONE DAY HE FELL DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL @@@@*$^-:,
,,,,-$$*@@ CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A @@*$$-,,,,
,,,,-^$**@ GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY @**$^-,,,,
,,,,:^^$*@ INLET FOR BOTH LIGHT AND FALLING @*$^^:,,,,
,:-^$*@@## STUDENTS... ##@@*$^-:,
,:-^$*@@## ##@@*$^-:,
,:-^$*@@@# IN THE FALL, THE QUARTZ SLICED OFF THE #@@@*$^-:,
,::::--$@@ THREADS IN HIS EYES, OPENING THEM FOR @@$--::::,
,:-^$*@@@# THE FIRST TIME. BEFORE HIM, THE #@@@*$^-:,
,:-^$*@@@# CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE #@@@*$^-:,
,:-^$*@@@@ LIGHT SMIDGE INTO A WHOLE NIGHT SKY, @@@@*$^-:,
,:-^$*@@## AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE ##@@*$^-:,
,,,,:-$@@@ @@@$-:,,,,
,:-^$**@@@ BUT ALSO WITH SHAME, BECAUSE HIS EYES @@@**$^-:,
,,::---$*@ HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD @*$---::,,
,:-^$*@@@# FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK #@@@*$^-:,
,:-^$*@@@@ TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT @@@@*$^-:,
,,,:^^^$*@ TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION. @*$^^^:,,,
,,,,:-^^*@ @*^^-:,,,,
,:-^$*@@@# FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE #@@@*$^-:,
,:-^$*@@@# BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. #@@@*$^-:,
,,:---^*@@ YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT @@*^---:,,
,:-^$*@@@# HIM. #@@@*$^-:,
,,:--^$@@@ @@@$^--:,,
,:-^$*@@## AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, WHEN AT THE ##@@*$^-:,
,:-^$*@@@@ EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES @@@@*$^-:,
,,,,,,:^$@ FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN @$^:,,,,,,
,:-^$*@@@# THEM... #@@@*$^-:,
,:-^$*@@@@ @@@@*$^-:,
,:-^$*@@@# #@@@*$^-:,
,:-^$*@@@@ @@@@*$^-:,
,:-^$$$$@@ @@$$$$^-:,
,:-^$*@@@@ @@@@*$^-:,