The fly god has one eye-facet for every surveillance cam inside spacetime. He sees all, but is as powerless as his insect subjects
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"fly god" (Fliegengott) is one of mephistopheles/beelzebub's aliases, probably "lord of the flies" in anglophone tradition
the children break his glasses in an attempted coup, glass flies from every point
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I did in fact not read the book, but I always thought this was the title's origin? (see also: unsong's thamiel)
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