Open Thread: Oracle Hotline

[mithen]

 --What's on your current main character's nightstand?

Oh, I like this one as a thought exercise! Clark in the Gaslight universe has a very simple, almost bare room that he lives in, but his nightstand has a hunk of polished turquoise on it and probably some book on astronomy that was out at the time (a little research suggests maybe The Geography of the Heavens by Elijah Burritt).

Now I really love the idea of Clark and Bruce in that era talking about period-accurate astronomy! Which will require some research by me, muahaha...

How about your current POV character? What does their nightstand tell you about them?