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...