¨¨¨&¨&&¨¨¨ &¨&&¨¨¨&¨¨
¨¨¨&&&¨&¨¨ &&&¨&¨¨&&¨
¨¨¨&¨¨&&&¨ &¨¨&&&¨&¨&
&¨¨&&¨&¨¨& ¨&¨&¨¨&&&&
¨&¨&¨&&&¨& &&&&&¨&¨¨¨
¨&&&&&¨¨&& ¨¨¨:¨¨¨ &¨¨¨¨&&&¨¨
¨&¨¨¨¨&¨&¨ 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... ¨&¨&¨&¨¨¨¨
¨&&&&&&&¨& &&&&&&&¨¨¨
¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨&& ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨
¨&&¨¨¨¨¨&¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&&¨
¨&¨&¨¨¨¨&& ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&¨&
&&&&&¨¨¨&¨ &¨¨¨¨¨¨&&&