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...