Lena hesitated before the last mirror. This one was empty. It showed nothing. Because Kaelen had nothing left of herself to show.
“So I will look for you.”
Lena turned from the fourth mirror and climbed the 144 steps back into the sun. Above, Kaelen signed another order. Below, the mirrors waited, patient and hungry. reflect 4 proxy
Lena looked into the first mirror and saw not herself, but a montage of Kaelen’s day: signing an eviction order for a hospital zone, ignoring a plea from a widow, shaking hands with a man she knew was a trafficker. Lena hesitated before the last mirror