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...