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...