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...