,:~*=¤@### ###@¤=*~:,
,:~*=¤#### ####¤=*~:,
,:~*=¤@### ###@¤=*~:,
,:~*=¤@### ###@¤=*~:,
,,,,:*=¤## ##¤=*:,,,,
,:~*=¤@### ,,,*,,, ###@¤=*~:,
,:~*=¤@### 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... @¤****:,,,
,:~**==¤## ##¤==**~:,
,:~*=¤@### ###@¤=*~:,
,:~*=¤@### ###@¤=*~:,
,,,,,,~*=@ @=*~,,,,,,
,:~*=¤@### ###@¤=*~:,