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...