,,^~*%¤@¶# #¶@¤%*~^,,
,^~*%¤@¶## ##¶@¤%*~^,
,,^~*%¤@¶# #¶@¤%*~^,,
,,,^~*%¤@¶ ¶@¤%*~^,,,
,,^~*%¤@¶# #¶@¤%*~^,,
,^~*%¤@¶## ,,,*,,, ##¶@¤%*~^,
,,^~*%¤@¶# 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... #¶@¤%*~^,,
,^~*%¤@¶## ##¶@¤%*~^,
,,^~*%¤@¶# #¶@¤%*~^,,
,,,^~*%¤@¶ ¶@¤%*~^,,,
,,^~*%¤@¶# #¶@¤%*~^,,
,^~*%¤@¶## ##¶@¤%*~^,