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...