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...