net/s/6051166/5/Maximum_Ride_The_twilight_experiment we see, earlier: "I stared at the cracks running through the plaster in the far corner of the cafeteria, imagining patterns into them that were not there. " "plaster" is a substance used to give walls a smooth finish. So, yes, it must mean "fixed my attention on the wall".
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