(Mirabel's POV)
I laughed.
Not because it was funny.
Because my mind had reached its limit.
Because the universe had just informed me that an army of horrors beyond existence was invading reality...
Because an older version of me had appeared from my reflection...
Because the future was bleeding to death...
And because apparently—
I wasn't supposed to exist.
So I laughed.
A small sound.
Broken.
Disbelieving.
The older me watched quietly.
The sadness in her eyes deepened.
"Yeah," she said softly.
"That was pretty much my reaction too."
The silence around us stretched.
The eyes beyond the fracture never blinked.
Never moved.
Never looked away.
Waiting.
Listening.
Watching.
As though the answer mattered.
As though I mattered.
I hated that.
I hated all of it.
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