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...