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...