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...