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...