Ethan gave Bob the turtle a finger wiggle as soon as the pet and Professor Cassie passed by. Merlin, such judgemental turtle he was. Did anyone take not of its face? And speaking of face reading…he came across this kind of Divination when he was researching about Physiognomy! Professor Cassie dropped a clue, saying that the form of divination that they will be learning today was one of the oldest recorded form of divination. That being said, the Chinese were the first to practice it, same with Physiognomy!

But what was it called??? Zhenya had mentioned Scapulamancy… “No…no it’s not Scapulamancy…that one uses an ox’s scapular bone…” he muttered to himself as he fished out his notes, and flipped through his research on Physiognomy. He knew he wrote it somewhere…

China…Turtles…aha!

Ethan raised his hand with his notes covering his face. “Uh…it’s Plastermancy…? No…not plaster. Merlin, I can’t even read my own handwriting. Er…Plas…Plastromancy. Yes. Plastromancy because…the Chinese people used a turtle’s plastron…or its underside for it?” Whoops. Nerd alert! But whoa wait. They are not going to do the reading on Bob right? Because…well…ugh. Never mind.

Ethan placed his hand down, feeling his face go warm. He’s not used to giving such precise answers. Well, he can’t be blamed though. He’s on a mission to master a certain form of reading, so it was just natural to come across another form of Divination, especially if it came from the same provenance. Turtle-underside reading happens to be one of them.