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...