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...