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...