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...