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...