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...