Midway back to class, Alyssa decided that she would go back and complete the Ornithomancy reading.
She quickly ran back to the lake hoping that the Professor was still there. Noticing that he was still directing some of the other students who had stayed back, she quickly
picked up one of the shallow bowls that was still lying on a pile where the Professor had left it. Then she went looking for 9 medium sized stones that she had earlier thrown back at the edge of the lake. Finding them lying just where she left them, she filled up her bottle of water again and ran back to where she a bottle out of her bag, she filled it with water.
Alyssa lay the stones around the edge of the bowl and then filled the bowl with water. She then looked into the pool of water and again saw her reflection. But this time the sky behind her was clear. There were no clouds in the sky and the breeze that was blowing earlier had died down. The water floating in the stones was a flat as glass. Her reflection looked like she was looking at herself in the mirror. She suddenly recalled what Professor Thereos said.
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"Just sit up straight, clear your minds..." Thereos began as they started to bombard with questions on how to do it. Divination was an art. The how was difficult to explain. "Looking up at the sky is a good way to clear the mind. When you're ready, just gaze down into the bowl... about a forty-five degree is usually best." Straight down and you won't see anything useful.
She immediately sat up straight on the grass, with her legs crossed flat in front of her. She closed her eyes to clear her mind since looking up at the sky tended to distract her more. When she felt that she was ready, she opened her eyes and gazed down at the water in the bowl, making sure that she was looking down from an angle.