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...