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...