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...