,,,^»\*&#@ @#&*\»^,,,
,,^»\*&#@# #@#&*\»^,,
,^»\*&#@## ##@#&*\»^,
,,^»\*&#@# #@#&*\»^,,
,,,^»\*&#@ @#&*\»^,,,
,,,,^»\*&# ,,,\,,, #&*\»^,,,,
,,,,,^»\*& 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... @#&*\»^,,,
,,^»\*&#@# #@#&*\»^,,
,^»\*&#@## ##@#&*\»^,
,,^»\*&#@# #@#&*\»^,,
,,,^»\*&#@ @#&*\»^,,,
,,,,^»\*&# #&*\»^,,,,