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...