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...