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...