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...