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...