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...