&¨&&&¨&&¨¨ ¨¨&&&¨&&&¨
&&¨¨&&¨&¨¨ ¨&¨¨&&¨¨&&
¨&¨&¨&&&¨& &&¨&¨&¨&¨¨
&&&&&¨¨&&& ¨&&&&&&&¨¨
¨¨¨¨&¨&¨¨¨ &¨¨¨¨¨¨&¨&
¨¨¨&&&&¨¨¨ ¨¨¨;¨¨¨ &¨¨¨¨¨&&&&
¨¨&¨¨¨&¨¨& 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... ¨&&¨¨&&&&&
¨&&¨&&&¨¨¨ &¨&¨&¨¨¨¨&
&¨&&¨¨&¨¨¨ &&&&&¨¨¨&&
&&¨&¨&&¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨&¨¨&¨¨
¨&&&&¨&¨¨¨ ¨¨¨&&¨&&¨&
&¨¨¨&&&¨¨& ¨¨&¨&&¨&&&