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...