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...