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...