¨&&&&¨¨¨&¨ &&&¨¨¨&&&&
&¨¨¨&¨¨&&& ¨¨&¨¨&¨¨¨&
&¨¨&&¨&¨¨& ¨&&¨&&¨¨&¨
&¨&¨&&&¨&& &¨&&¨&¨&&&
&&&&¨¨&&¨& &&¨&&&&¨¨¨
¨¨¨&¨&¨&&¨ ¨¨¨\¨¨¨ ¨&&¨¨¨&¨¨&
¨¨&&&&&¨&& 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... &¨¨¨&¨¨&&¨
¨¨&&¨&&&&& &¨¨&&¨&¨&¨
¨&¨&&¨¨¨¨¨ &¨&¨&&&&&¨
&&&¨&¨¨¨¨¨ &&&&¨¨¨¨&¨
¨¨&&&¨¨¨¨& ¨¨¨&¨¨¨&&&
¨&¨¨&¨¨¨&& ¨¨&&¨¨&¨¨&