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...