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...