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...