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...