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...