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...