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...