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...