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...