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...