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...