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...