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...