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...