,,,,,,*@@@ @@@*,,,,,,
,,=*$@@¶## ##¶@@$*=,,
,,,,,,=$$@ @$$=,,,,,,
,,=*$@@¶¶# #¶¶@@$*=,,
,,=****$@¶ ¶@$****=,,
,,,,,,,*$@ ,,,*,,, @$*,,,,,,,
,,=*$@@¶## NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND ##¶@@$*=,,
,,=*$@¶### ,,,*,,, ###¶@$*=,,
,,=*$@@¶## ##¶@@$*=,,
,,=*$@¶### A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ###¶@$*=,,
,,,,,,,*@@ 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, ¶@@**,,,,,
,,=*$@@### AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE ###@@$*=,,
,,,,,,*@¶# #¶@*,,,,,,
,,=*$@@¶## BUT ALSO WITH SHAME, BECAUSE HIS EYES ##¶@@$*=,,
,,=*$@@¶## HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD ##¶@@$*=,,
,,,,,**$@¶ FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK ¶@$**,,,,,
,,,,,,**$@ TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT @$**,,,,,,
,,,,,=$$$@ TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION. @$$$=,,,,,
,,=*$$$$@# #@$$$$*=,,
,,,,,=$@¶# FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE #¶@$=,,,,,
,,=*$@@¶## BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ##¶@@$*=,,
,,=*$@@¶## YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ##¶@@$*=,,
,,=*$@¶### HIM. ###¶@$*=,,
,,=*$@@¶## ##¶@@$*=,,
,,,,=$@@@¶ AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, WHEN AT THE ¶@@@$=,,,,
,,,,,,,*@@ EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES @@*,,,,,,,
,,,,****$@ FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN @$****,,,,
,,=*$@@### THEM... ###@@$*=,,
,,,,,*$$@@ @@$$*,,,,,
,,=*$@@¶## ##¶@@$*=,,
,,=*$@@### ###@@$*=,,
,,,,=$@@@¶ ¶@@@$=,,,,
,,=*$@@¶## ##¶@@$*=,,