¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          §§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
§¨¨¨¨§§§§§                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨§§§
¨¨§§¨¨§§§§                                          ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§§
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§                                          §§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
§§§§§§¨¨§§                                          §¨¨¨¨¨§§§§
§§§§§¨¨¨¨§                  ¨¨¨=¨¨¨                 ¨¨§§§¨¨§§§
§§§§¨¨§§¨¨            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...                  §§§§¨¨§§¨¨
¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          §§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§§§¨¨                                          §§¨¨§§§§§§
¨§§¨¨§§¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨§§§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§                                          ¨¨§§¨¨§§¨¨
§§§§§§§¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§