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...