The ability of seers to see into the future by accurately reading The TapestryHow prophets and seers see time: a giant glowing tangled knot with light-like threads, constantly changing.. MerlinMyrddin. Katie Lin’s uncle, and one of the most important members of the People of the Kin. calls this “very good guessing,” because that’s largely what it is; successfully analyzing and predicting which particular thread will be the way things go.