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...