Secrets

 Some have brought a thing, saying, 'Here, unravel this.' I inquire, 'Is this entity a wise one, then?' — Oh, beyond measure! It knows all. Never have we beheld such a marvel. 

I inquire, 'Is it initiate to the secrets?' — And what, indeed, is a secret? 'Go then, ask it what a secret is,' I say. 

— We asked, and it spoke of it with such illustrations that we were all utterly entranced. 'Very well,' I say. 'Clearly, it is possessed of great knowledge, yet it has remained blind to the ultimate secret. Thus, it is but a commonplace thing, already unraveled.'