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...