¨¨¨¨¨:=^†$                                          $†^=:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:=^†                                          †^=:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=^                                          ^=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=                                          =:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=^                                          ^=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:=^†                  ¨¨¨^¨¨¨                 †^=:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:=^†$           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...                  @¤$†^=:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:=^†$¤                                          ¤$†^=:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:=^†$                                          $†^=:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:=^†                                          †^=:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=^                                          ^=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=                                          =:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨