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...