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...