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...