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...