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...