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...