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...