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...