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...