¨¨¨~^*$#¶@                                          @¶#$*^~¨¨¨
¨¨~^*$#¶@#                                          #@¶#$*^~¨¨
¨~^*$#¶@##                                          ##@¶#$*^~¨
¨¨~^*$#¶@#                                          #@¶#$*^~¨¨
¨¨¨~^*$#¶@                                          @¶#$*^~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~^*$#¶                 ¨¨¨^¨¨¨                  ¶#$*^~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~^*$#           naftakin, the blind            #$*^~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~^*$                 ¨¨¨^¨¨¨                  $*^~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~^*                                          *^~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~^ a student  at  the charcoal guild... his ^~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ eyes sewn shut  from  birth...  the most ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨            successful student            ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~                                          ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~^ but one day he fell down  into a crystal ^~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~^* cavern. it  was deep  in the mountain, a *^~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~^*$ 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...                 @¶#$*^~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~^*$#¶                                          ¶#$*^~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~^*$#                                          #$*^~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~^*$                                          $*^~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~^*                                          *^~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~^                                          ^~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨