#@#@*\-:¨¨ ¨¨:-\*@#@#
@#@*\-:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:-\*@#@
#@*\-:¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨:-\*@#
@#@*\-:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:-\*@#@
#@#@*\-:¨¨ ¨¨:-\*@#@#
##@#@*\-:¨ ¨¨¨\¨¨¨ ¨:-\*@#@##
#@#@*\-:¨¨ 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... ¨¨:-\*@#@#
##@#@*\-:¨ ¨:-\*@#@##
#@#@*\-:¨¨ ¨¨:-\*@#@#
@#@*\-:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:-\*@#@
#@*\-:¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨:-\*@#
@#@*\-:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:-\*@#@