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...