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...