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...