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...