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...