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...