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...