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...