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...