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...