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...