.,-\†††¤¤# #¤¤†††\-,.
.....,\†¤¤ ¤¤†\,.....
.,-\†¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤†\-,.
.,-\\†††¤¤ ¤¤†††\\-,.
.....,\††¤ ¤††\,.....
.,-\†¤¤¤¤@ ...\... @¤¤¤¤†\-,.
......,\¤¤ 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... #¤¤†\-....
.....,\¤@@ @@¤\,.....
..,,\\††¤# #¤††\\,,..
.,-\†¤¤@## ##@¤¤†\-,.
...,,-\¤¤# #¤¤\-,,...
.,---†††¤# #¤†††---,.