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...