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...