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...