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...