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...