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...