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...