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...