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...