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...