¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§¨                                          §¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§§§§                                          §¨¨§¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨                                          §¨§§§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§                                          §§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§¨¨¨§§                                          ¨§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨§§§§¨¨§¨§                 ¨¨¨†¨¨¨                  §§¨§¨§¨¨¨¨
§¨¨¨§¨§§§§            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...                 §¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
¨¨§§¨§§¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨§¨§§¨§¨¨§                                          §¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨
§§§¨§§§¨§¨                                          §¨¨¨§§¨§§¨
¨¨§§¨¨§§§¨                                          §¨¨§¨§§¨§§
¨§¨§¨§¨¨§§                                          §¨§§§¨§§¨§