¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§                                          ¨¨¨§§¨¨¨§§
§¨¨§§§§¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§§                                          §¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§§
§§¨¨§§§§§§                  ¨¨¨^¨¨¨                 ¨§§§§¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨¨§§§§¨           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...                 ¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨§§§¨¨§§¨¨                                          ¨§§¨¨¨¨§§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨
§¨¨¨§§§§¨¨                                          §§§¨¨¨¨§§§
¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨§                                          §§¨¨§§¨¨§§
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨