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...