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...