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...