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...