,:~;%¤&£@# #@£&¤%;~:,
,,:~~;%&&@ @&&%;~~:,,
,:~;%¤&£@# #@£&¤%;~:,
,:~;%%%&&& &&&%%%;~:,
,,,,~;%&&£ £&&%;~,,,,
,:~;%¤&£@# ,,,;,,, #@£&¤%;~:,
,,,,,~~;%& 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... ££&%~::::,
,:~;%¤&£££ £££&¤%;~:,
,:~;%¤&£@@ @@£&¤%;~:,
,:~;%¤&££@ @££&¤%;~:,
,,,,~~%¤&& &&¤%~~,,,,
,,,,~~%&&& &&&%~~,,,,