,,,,,####,                                          ,,,###,,,,
####,,##,,                                          ##,,#,,###
###,,,,,,#                                          #,,,,,,,##
##,,####,,                                          ,,#####,,#
#,,,,##,,,                                          ,,,###,,,,
,,##,,,,##                 ,,,;,,,                  ##,,#,,##,
#,,,,##,,,           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...                  ,,,,######
,#####,,##                                          ###,,####,
,,###,,,,#                                          ,#,,,,##,,
#,,#,,##,,                                          ,,,##,,,,#
,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,#,,,,##,,
##########                                          ,,,##,,,,#