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...