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...