something's burning out there in the city, there's a smoke haze spreading out and coming in the window. the word of the day if you so choose to accept it is illation. i didn't know it but i adopted it readily as it reminds me of illing and ill-nation. it refers to the osmotic process of inferring or concluding a judgement based on circumstantial evidence of prior conclusions probably drawn by someone else you don't even know for purposes not akin to direct observation. direct observation concludes something's burning in the city of unknown origin.