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...