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...