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...