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...