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...