Lilac Lensworks — Crystal Dragon Opticians Reference Sheet

The story of Lilac Lensworks

A fictional story inspired by the artwork.

The smallest lens in the workshop was ground for an eye nobody had measured. It had rolled out of a drawer labeled LOST BUTTONS. When Iri held it to the light she saw the grain of the workbench jump into focus. Whoever needed that lens had been looking at something very close indeed.

The six dragons tried it on a miniature painter, a jeweler and a tailor who stitched feathers into hats. All three could see better with their own glasses. At closing time a frightened moth flew in circles around the display lamp. Iri noticed a thin brass loop hanging crookedly from its collar.

The moth was a mapmaker. She drew routes on grains of rice for travelers small enough to ride a breeze. Her reading lens had fallen out while she was marking a shortcut between the floorboards. For three days she had been able to find the lamp but unable to read the sign on the drawer.

Iri repaired the loop with a strand of silver wire. In return the mapmaker left her a single grain of rice. Through the lens it showed six dragons standing around a lighted table. A dotted line led from the front door all the way to the drawer, which now had a second label in very small print.

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