The Watching Eye Long before the Table existed, shepherds claimed the sky itself blinked. Children disappeared from open fields only to return days later carrying impossible knowledge: names of strangers they had never met, secrets buried beneath houses no one had entered in decades, full confessions of crimes no authority had yet uncovered. The cherub depicted in the card is called Little Witness. Theologians disagree on its nature, messenger, parasite, infant god, or something that predates the category of god entirely. It has never been observed eating. It has never been observed sleeping. It has, however, been observed smiling at inconvenient moments. The floating eyes are not hallucinations. Physicians have confirmed their presence on polished metal, still water, and the backs of unwashed mirrors. They appear only after someone tells a lie with absolute, unshakeable confidence. They never blink first. The oldest cult teaching holds that the Eye does not punish falsehood. It does not reward honesty. It has no preference regarding outcome. It watches because watching is, for it, a kind of pleasure so complete it resembles prayer. “It isn't looking at you because you lied. It was already looking. You only noticed it now.” — recovered margin note, Chapel of the First Witness 1500x2045 © The Table of Faith | FOWLSIGNS™