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...