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...