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