,^~**$§§§@                                          @§§§$**~^,
,,^^~**$#@                                          @#$**~^^,,
,,,,,,~*$§                                          §$*~,,,,,,
,^~**$§#@#                                          #@#§$**~^,
^~**$§#@##                                          ##@#§$**~^
,^~**$§#@#                  ,,,*,,,                 #@#§$**~^,
,^~**$§#@#           naftakin, the blind            #@#§$**~^,
,^~**$§#@@                 ,,,*,,,                  @@#§$**~^,
,^~**$§#@@                                          @@#§$**~^,
,^~**$§### a student  at the charcoal  guild... his ###§$**~^,
,^~**$§#@@ eyes  sewn  shut from birth... the  most @@#§$**~^,
,^~*$§#@##            successful student            ##@#§$*~^,
,^~**$§###                                          ###§$**~^,
,^~**$§#@# but one day he fell  down into a crystal #@#§$**~^,
,,^^**$$## cavern. it was deep in  the  mountain, a ##$$**^^,,
,,,,^~***§ 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 §*~,,,,,,,
,,,,^**$§§ edge of  the world  he opened  his  eyes §§$**^,,,,
,^~**$§#@# for a second time, stars  had hatched in #@#§$**~^,
,,,,~~**$#                 them...                  #$**~~,,,,
,^~**$§###                                          ###§$**~^,
,^~**$§#@#                                          #@#§$**~^,
,^~**$§###                                          ###§$**~^,
,,,,^^~~*§                                          §*~~^^,,,,
,^~**$§#@#                                          #@#§$**~^,