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...