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...