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...