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...