.&.&&.&&&& .&&&&....&
&&&.&&...& &...&...&&
..&&.&..&. &..&&..&..
.&.&&&.&&. &.&.&.&&..
&&&..&&.&. &&&&&&.&..
..&.&.&&&. ...:... .....&&&.&
.&&&&&..&& 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... .&.&.&....
.&...&&&&. &&&&&&....
&&..&...&& .....&....
.&.&&..&.. ....&&...&
&&&.&.&&.. ...&.&..&&
..&&&&.&.. ..&&&&.&..