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...