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Masque finds a Mirror
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Her reflection mouths along, then holds up two fingers.

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Masque's head tilts again. "Is it easier to understand Rae than me?" e asks.

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Eir reflection nods, and Rae's waves a hand at her lips.

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"That would make things...difficult. Given..." Rae waves a vague hand at Masque's mask, seems to be avoiding saying something. "Um, do you...have a name? That you can tell us?"

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Head shake.

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Masque goes rigid, eir own memories of that being eir state haunting em.

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"...I'm not sure we're the ones to offer you this. But would like one?"

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(The shoulder of eir reflection's shirt compresses slightly, for a moment.)

Both reflections shrug.

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Raeli shifts closer to Masque, pressing their shoulders together.

"I'm unsure if that's a 'don't want', a 'not sure' or a 'don't understand why you should have one'?"

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Two fingers held up by one reflection, three by the other.

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"You're a person," Masque snarls, all fury and distress.

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Raeli hums soothingly. "A name is...something people have. It can be anything you want it to be, something that...defines you. We- named Masque for eir mask. It- I suppose if you don't want one, you don't have to have one, but... a lot of people seem...unnerved if you don't have one."

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Nod. Shrug.

One of the trees in the background loses its leaves, then crumbles to powder over the course of about half a minute.

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"...you...had one? But you can't remember it?" Raeli guesses.

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Nod.

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"...I'm sorry that was taken from you."

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Nod again, and another shrug.

The surrounding plants ripple, a little.

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"You are here," Raeli agrees. "Although I suspect a wood is not the most thrilling of places to be. That we passed this way at all is sheer luck."

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Head shake at the first part.

The plants ripple a little more, and both reflected people tilt their heads.

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"We're wanderers. Outcasts if you will. We find places to rest that...people won't wander across."

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Nods. Head-tilts and a vague hand gesture outward, accompanied by movement of plants near the very edge of the field of view.

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"...Would you like to see more?"

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Vigorous nod. Head tilt, and a hand held in front of her lips.

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"May I touch you?" Masque requests politely. "I can...reposition you, and Rae can stay in frame as it were?"

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Nod. Slow hand gesture miming picking something up by the edges.

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