,,,:«=*%#@                                          @#%*=«:,,,
,,:«=*%#@#                                          #@#%*=«:,,
,:«=*%#@##                                          ##@#%*=«:,
,,:«=*%#@#                                          #@#%*=«:,,
,,,:«=*%#@                                          @#%*=«:,,,
,,,,:«=*%#                  ,,,=,,,                 #%*=«:,,,,
,,,,,:«=*%           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...                  @#%*=«:,,,
,,:«=*%#@#                                          #@#%*=«:,,
,:«=*%#@##                                          ##@#%*=«:,
,,:«=*%#@#                                          #@#%*=«:,,
,,,:«=*%#@                                          @#%*=«:,,,
,,,,:«=*%#                                          #%*=«:,,,,