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...