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...