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...