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...