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...