,,»\*#¶### ###¶#*\»,,
,,,»\*#¶## ##¶#*\»,,,
,,,,»\*#¶# #¶#*\»,,,,
,,,»\*#¶## ##¶#*\»,,,
,,»\*#¶### ###¶#*\»,,
,,,»\*#¶## ,,,\,,, ##¶#*\»,,,
,,,,»\*#¶# 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... ###¶#*\»,,
,,,»\*#¶## ##¶#*\»,,,
,,,,»\*#¶# #¶#*\»,,,,
,,,»\*#¶## ##¶#*\»,,,
,,»\*#¶### ###¶#*\»,,
,,,»\*#¶## ##¶#*\»,,,