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...