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...