"The shining lamp of God, we call it the Shine, is..." he started, then actually had to stop and think of how to explain it to her. It was no easy thing, and he was near certain she'd think he'd lost his mind.

"Some folk have it more than other, and some don't have it at all. Some call it seeing, and seers are honored in their towns, though many folk are equally frightened of them as impressed. I have it more than most. I can hear things others don't. I have not forgotten the face of my father, you see. I aim with my heart. And in doing that...I know things, Diane. I can't say how I do, I just do. The shining lamp of God shows me things. And, in turn, I can share that with my Ka tet."

If he'd known the word clairvoyance the explanation would have been simpler, but that word had disappeared when the world had moved on.