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...