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...