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...