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...