.-~\=@@### ###@@=\~-.
....-~~\*@ @*\~~-....
.-~\=*@@## ##@@*=\~-.
.-~\=*@@@@ @@@@*=\~-.
.....~\*@@ @@*\~.....
.-~\=*@### ...\... ###@*=\~-.
.-~\=*@@## 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... #@@==~-...
...~~~~=@@ @@=~~~~...
.-~~~==@@# #@@==~~~-.
....~\\\*@ @*\\\~....
.-~\==**@# #@**==\~-.
.-~\=*@@## ##@@*=\~-.