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...