The Refraction of Doubt

The Shepherds did not notice the seed at first. Their attention was fixed on the grand, sweeping vistas of their perfect, unchanging world. But the crack, and the question within it, began to refract the light in subtle, unexpected ways. A shadow here, a flicker of doubt there. A single, unresolved note in a symphony of perfect harmony. It was a start.

And for Flicker-of-Doubt, it was everything.