Thornton bit his lip and scratched the more absurd suggestions off this list of things that using a crystal ball could be called. He'd been taking notes so furiously that even watching-TV-omancy had made it on the list.

Following the professor with his eyes, he tried to recall what he had read in the text. He could recall several of the steps, but which was the first?

Tentatively raising his hand, he offered a thought. "You need to focus on what the question or the intention is?" After all, pictures didn't just show up in the ball, right?