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...