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...