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...