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§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨¨§¨§§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§§¨¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨¨§¨§§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                 ¨¨¨:¨¨¨                  §¨§¨§§¨¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨            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...                 §¨§¨¨§¨§§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§§¨¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨¨§¨§§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§§¨¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨¨§¨§§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§§¨¨§¨