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...