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...