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...