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