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...