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...