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...