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...