I eat and sit back down. I put one hand to the center of my forehea d, to the entrance of the cave. I put both hands there and pull myself up and in. I stand at the entrance of my cave and look out. For forty days he stands without moving.
Winds blow the juniper tree away.
The earth opens in front of him, in front of his cave. He stands over the mile deep chasm, the deepeni ng chasm, the bottomless chasm. Fire shoots up out of the chasm burning the earth and sky, burning him, burning off his hair, burning his skin, burning his eyes until he is scarred and blind. After the fire, after forty days, he stands naked, scarred, blind. He can't see out.