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...