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...