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...