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...