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...