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...