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...