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...