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...