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...