Residual Thought

Lexicon Entry
An oft-discussed topic in occultism. In the DA, the term is used to refer to thoughts that can be sensed from objects and occurrences.

As the name suggests, these are remnants of past thoughts. Naturally, possessions and events reflect the cogitations of others to a considerable extent. Thus, in theory, their respective owner or cause can be traced by "reading" them.

Ideal Detective can, in fact, interpret these residual thoughts, enabling her to solve cases by, for instance, accurately guessing what sort of conversations took place in the past.

The renowned Sherlock Holmes' "abductive reasoning" operates on a very similar principle; that is to say, this ability is not merely the work of an overactive imagination.