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...