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...