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...