"I won't touch the...face itself?" Masque assures, and pauses to make sure e has that right.

Nod.

Masque moves carefully, keeping emself in view of the frame until they're close enough to touch, and then gently steps around to lift the Mirror so e can shift it to see more of the clearing.

Raeli is on her feet now, and stays in the sight of the front of the mirror as Masque rotates it.

The clearing is...by and large very similar to what's already been visible.

"It's not very interesting I'm afraid, but it is out of the way, and for us, it is safe."

Nod again. Raeli's reflection smiles, although it looks a lot more like the edges of her mouth are being manually pulled upward.

Then, she waves a hand outward again, and gestures movement from her mouth.

"...You want me to talk?" Raelie half guesses.

Nod nod. Hand-wave outward.

She nods. "We can't go too far, me and Masque do, unfortunately need to rest tonight, but."

And so she talks, and moves, with Masque shifting to keep Raeli reflected in the mirror's surface. Raeli sketches an approximate map of the woods - the hunter trails that spiderweb through it and eventually lead to the main road.

The mirror watches and listens attentively. (Sometimes when a new kind of plant comes into view, its reflection is carefully pulled apart into layers.)

The lines of the reflected map neaten themselves up, and a small indentation forms on the blank space beyond the main road.

"You got the map there, Masque?" Raeli asks.

There's a pause, the mirror tilts slightly and then Raeli catches a rolled piece of parchment which she unrolls and shows, pointing out the area beyond the main road.

From the way she pauses, Masque is saying something. She smiles. "Well. We weren't going to just leave them here," she points out. "Masque's saying we can take you places. Show you the world. If you would like. Or we can find you somewhere interesting to hang?"

Mechanical smile!

The reflection reverts to a perfect copy of the clearing, then Rae's reflection's head tilts in query.

"We're constantly on the road. No place to settle down, not many places that will have us, not unless my home will accept Masque, and...they have been reluctant. And the humans won't accept me, so...we travel. The other option is more... There are places where people come and go, where you can see things."

Head tilt, followed by vigorous nodding, although it's not clear which possibility this is in response to. (There are tiny shifts and jumps in the position of Rae's reflection's skin.)

"How about we take you with us for now? And if you get tired of that, we can find you an interesting wall to hang on?"

Pause. Nod.

One of the reflected trees' trunks strains, then splits outward, until one of its high branches drops off and drifts slowly to the ground.

"I'm sorry, I'm- not sure what you mean by that?" Pauses things. "Are you- asking about the passage of time?"