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...