&¨¨&&&¨&¨& ¨&&&&&¨¨&&
&¨&¨¨&&&&¨ &¨¨¨¨&¨&¨¨
&&&¨&¨¨¨&¨ &¨¨¨&&&&¨&
¨¨&&&¨¨&&¨ &¨¨&¨¨¨&&¨
¨&¨¨&¨&¨&& &¨&&¨¨&¨&¨
&&¨&&&&&¨¨ ¨¨¨:¨¨¨ &&¨&¨&&&&¨
¨&&¨¨¨¨&¨¨ 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... &&¨&&¨¨¨¨¨
&¨&&¨¨&&&¨ ¨&&¨&¨¨¨¨&
&&¨&¨&¨¨&¨ &¨&&&¨¨¨&¨
¨&&&&&¨&&¨ &&¨¨&¨¨&&&
&¨¨¨¨&&¨&& ¨&¨&&¨&¨¨&
&¨¨¨&¨&&¨¨ &&&¨&&&¨&¨