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...