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...