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...