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...