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...