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...