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...