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...