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...