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...