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...