¨¨¨&&¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
&&¨¨¨¨&&&& &&&&&&&&&&
&¨¨&&¨¨&&¨ &&&&&&&&&&
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ &&&&&&&&&&
¨&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&¨
¨¨&&&&&&&& ¨¨¨/¨¨¨ &&&&&&&&¨¨
&¨¨&&&&&&& 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... ¨&&¨¨¨¨&&¨
¨¨&&¨¨&&¨¨ ¨¨¨¨&&¨¨¨¨
&¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨&&¨¨¨¨&&&
¨¨&&&&&&&& ¨¨¨¨&&¨¨&&
¨¨¨&&&&&&¨ &&&¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
&&¨¨&&&&¨¨ &&¨¨&&&&&&