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...