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...