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...