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...