¨¨§¨§¨§§¨§                                          §§¨¨§¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨§                                          ¨§§¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨                                          ¨§§§¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨¨§§§¨                                          ¨§¨§§¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨¨§¨§§                                          ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨¨§§                  ¨¨¨\¨¨¨                 ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨§¨           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...                  ¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨§§§¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨§¨§§¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨§¨§§                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨