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...