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...