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...