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...