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This one showed the results: the evicted patients coughing in tents, the widow’s son turned to crime, the trafficker’s new route through a school zone.
“So I will look for you.”
The mirror rippled. For a moment, Lena thought she saw tears in the glass—but they were her own. She was crying for Kaelen’s victims. That was the cruel trick of being a Reflector: you borrowed someone else’s blindness, and in return, you carried their sight. reflect 4 proxy
This was the hardest. It showed every rationalization Kaelen had ever used: “I had no choice.” “The other candidate was worse.” “History will understand.” “I’m protecting the greater good.” This one showed the results: the evicted patients
And then the mirror showed Lena her own face—exhausted, pale, with dark circles under her eyes. But there was something else: a quiet ferocity. A refusal to turn away. She was crying for Kaelen’s victims
