#xenomancy

There are some that say you can glean information  about your future in the face of a stranger. This is what I've been told, anyway.  I haven't done much research on the subject. How am I to determine what these passers-by are trying to tell me?  Should I surreptitiously measure the circumference  of their eyes or the length of their nose? Am I to study the constellations formed by freckles on their face?  Supposedly you are meant to take their behavior in consideration as well. What if they glide gracefully through a crowd, or trip and fall, spilling the groceries they were carefully carrying? What if they push past others with no concern for the pain they may inflict? What does this mean for me? Since I've been informed about such divinatory practices, I search every new face in the hopes it will tell me what's coming next. I try to push the curious questions aside, and simply observe what's in front of me. I have one last question, however. Does it still count if the first face I see is not a stranger's? I always tell myself I won't keep looking for yours, but--- I still do, all the same.

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Sneak Peak!

He is in that space where no creature can reach him. Not even I. Was it only hours ago when he summoned me to his residence and spoke in those tones of a master practitioner of xenomancy, stripping away every part of my essence?