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...