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...