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...