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...