Really, the hardest part of this activity was categorising exactly what the cracks in the shell looked like. It was all pretty subjective, really. Someone might see things one way and someone else might define the same crack as totally different. But then Toby figured that was probably part of the magic of Divination, at least when doing your own reading; it was YOUR brain looking at the thing, and it would probably see what it needed to see. That made him feel more confident about things.
Toby's oracle bone had a crack that was going right down the middle. Except he couldn't tell WHICH direction it was going in, up or down. Not that it really mattered, because he'd already had a glimpse of the meanings behind everything, and seen what a downward crack meant. His brain had refused to accept that it might be that one, and already Toby was writing down the more positive prediction, along with a couple others he'd spotted.
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Crack down the middle, biggest one, also a smaller one going straight across from the side of the shell.
"Crack is moving straight upward: Good things will come to you. You will find yourself faced with riches and success."
This is the main crack I can see on the shell. It goes basically right down up the middle which obviously means good things are coming. Hopefully real good things, as it's the biggest, most noticeable crack on the shell. I don't care too much about riches, but success is always nice, though really I hope it just means happiness and all that.
"Crack is going straight across: You will continue on the path you are on right now. You will maintain the mood and happenings that are in your life at this point."
I'm not sure this really fits with the other one, but maybe it means that things are currently better than I think they are, you know? If things will remain the same but also be good, that means things right now are probably already more good than I thought.
Mkay. Done.
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Except no, he wasn't. He'd
cheated. He'd not been honest and he'd chosen the prediction he'd WANTED and now Toby felt AWFUL and FULL OF GUILT. Disproportionately so. He was no stranger to lying, not really, but in this context it felt awful, because Toby had very strict personal rules about when it was okay to lie, and it was usually more to do with telling people he was okay when he wasn't. Dishonest Divination predicitions benefited no-one, and it was like CHEATING in his SCHOOLWORK. He couldn't take it. COULDN'T HANDLE THE GUILT. So he hurriedly added more to his parchment.
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The crack down the middle could actually be moving down instead of up, I just didn't want to think of it that way, but it might be true. If so:
"Crack is going downward: You will be facing a situation that will involve negativity and sadness."
I don't want that to happen.
....... Toby sank down a little in his chair. Sudden sads had hit and it was all his own fault. He wanted to leave now. Was class over yet?