§¨§¨§¨¨¨§¨                                          §¨¨§¨§§¨§§
§§§§§¨¨§§§                                          §¨§§§¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨§§¨§¨§
¨¨¨§§§§¨¨§                                          ¨§¨§¨§§§§§
¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§§                                          §§§§§¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨§§§¨§                 ¨¨¨;¨¨¨                  ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§
§¨§¨§¨¨§§§           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...                 ¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨§
§§§§¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨§§§§§§§¨
¨¨¨§¨¨§§¨§                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§
¨¨§§¨§¨§§¨                                          §§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
¨§¨§§§§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨§§§§
§§§¨¨¨§§§¨                                          §§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§