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...