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...