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...