¨¨¨,«;^%&#                                          #&%^;«,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,«;^%&                                          &%^;«,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,«;^%                                          %^;«,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,«;^                                          ^;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«;                                          ;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«                  ¨¨¨;¨¨¨                 «,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,            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...                  ;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,«;^                                          ^;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,«;^%                                          %^;«,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,«;^%&                                          &%^;«,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,«;^%&#                                          #&%^;«,¨¨¨
¨¨,«;^%&##                                          ##&%^;«,¨¨