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...