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...