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...