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...