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...