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...