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...