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...