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...