The ceramic bowl produces a small flame, contained entirely within it, when held by the base for a few consecutive seconds; tapping near the rim makes the flame disappear. Dusk carefully points the stick at the ground before activating it: touching the painted stripe makes it emit a beam of light from one end, and she demonstrates how it can be held with the stripe in one's palm for a constant effect, or with the stripe next to one's thumb for controlled flashes of light.