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Speaker 1: I was strolling the flea market. A month ago I

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moved into my new apartment. It was small but cozy.

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I needed lots of furniture, and I'd been searching local

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flea markets and online sites for weeks. I was still

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missing a sofa, night table, a mirror from my bathroom.

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I looked at the items offered by both retailers and

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people from neighborhoods, old watches, cameras, lamps, desks, and more.

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Every time I saw something that I liked, there was

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something wrong with it. A sofa with claw marks from

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pets everywhere, a night table with only three legs that

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cost more than if I would just buy it, new

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old cabinets that have been painted, and awful colors. Then,

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after wandering through the endless rows of used items, I

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saw it. A beautiful but simple mirror offered as the

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only item on the table of a young man didn't

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sell anything else, only the mirror. It had a stunning

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antique frame around it, something expect in an old palace.

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I had a thing for antique furniture. My friends often

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joked about my new apartment that it would look like

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someone's grandfather chose the apartment. I looked at the price

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tag for free. It said a mirror like this would

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get sold for a small fortune at every auction. I

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inspected it but couldn't find any damage or other factors

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that would justify giving it away for free, so I immediately

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took it. The man looked at me like he felt

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guilty giving me the mirror, so I double checked it

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again after bringing it home. But I mean, it was perfect.

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The first few days, I really enjoyed looking at myself

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in the mirror every morning. Due to the beautiful frame,

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it felt like I was an artwork worthy to be admired.

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I even thought about putting my signature in the bottom

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right corner of the mirror as a joke, like it

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was a painting. I showed the mirror to my friends.

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They were in awe at its beauty, even though they

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still tease me about my home to course style. But

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after the first few days, something felt off, Like every

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time I looked at the mirror, it seemed like my

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reflection was slightly delayed, almost almost unnoticeable. Sometimes my fingers

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would move slightly different they were trying to go in

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a different direction, similar to a bad connection, like in

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a video game. I didn't think about it much. I

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told myself that maybe it was connected to my migrain.

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My brain was playing tricks on me while I was

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having these strong headaches. Every morning, I was paying closer

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attention to my reflection. Sometimes sometimes it seemed like my

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own eyes didn't meet my gaze. Other times my body

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position was ever so slightly off. But it got worse.

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One day, I was woken up by my alarm and

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walked into my bathroom to get ready for work. When

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I rose, my reflection was smiling at me, a wide,

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maniacal smile with an anticipating gaze. My hands instinctively went

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up to my face to check if I was actually smiling.

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That was not. The next days, I dreaded looking into

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the mirror. I often felt cold sweat on my body

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when looking into the mirror. It was always smiling. It

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still mirrored my movements, but it felt half hearted. I

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already made up my mind I was going to throw

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the mirror away as soon as possible. The one morning

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I entered the bathroom, my reflection grinning from ear to ear.

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I lifted my hands to grab the mirror and take

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it off the wall. Before I could reach the mirror.

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My reflection lifted its left hand and grabbed my arm.

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I looked at the mirror, too shocked to even move

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my fingers. The nails of the reflection dug deep into

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my skin and started pulling me into the mirror while

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simultaneously moving its body outwards. I couldn't move. I was

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looking outside of the mirror. What had been my reflection

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before was now a man in his thirties looking at me.

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He tilted his head. I did too. I had no

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control over my body. I do everything the man outside

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the mirror did. He gave me a sad smile, said

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I'm sorry. They grabbed the mirror and he carried it outside,

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all while I was horrified claustrophobic, having no choice but

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to mirror his every move. He placed the mirror on

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the sidewalk with a note for free. The next hour

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or so, I often saw passers by looking at the mirror,

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fixing their hair. They didn't see me in the mirror,

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they saw themselves. I tried to tell my brain to

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move independently, but I only moved when and they did.

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I was imprisoned in a sheet of glass, unsure if

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I could ever escape. After it felt like in eternity.

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A young man saw the mirror, looked it up and down,

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and he grabbed it. He carried the mirror two streets

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further east and into a small apartment. He seemed to

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like the mirror a lot placed it inside his bedroom,

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next to a wardrobe. I tried to scream for help,

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but I I couldn't move a single muscle. I only

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moved to mirror his body. Over the next few days,

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I watched him try on his outfits, admire himself in

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the mirror, fix his hair. I watched his entire daily

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routine trapped inside the glass prison. And then after weeks

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and he was trying on a small earring with a

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glass diamond. I managed to move my finger. It was

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almost unnoticedb but I did it. The new owner of

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the mirror noticed it too, blinked a few times and shrugged,

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seemed to think that he just imagined it. A way

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of happiness flowed through my body. Maybe maybe I could

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finally escape. Over the next few days, I managed to

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move more and more parts of my body, always forced

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to mirror his movements, but always slightly different. He seemed

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more concerned and confused every time I did it. And

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one day the thrill of being able to move again

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became too big to contain. I smiled. My facial muscles

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started to obey me again, my smile wide and almost

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going from ear to ear. The man looked at the mirror,

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terrifying in his eyes, I saw true fear. He ran

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out of the room. After he was gone, and noticed

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that with my facial muscles, most other limbs had started

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working again. I could move my arms, but when I

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tried to reach outward, I can only stretch my hand

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about thirty centimeters outwards, but my head and torso seemed

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to hit an invisible wall. I was still trapped it.

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It dawned on me that the mirror needed a replacement

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for me if I wanted to escape. Shortly after I

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heard the door, the new owner of the mirror returned.

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I stopped smiling, mirroring his moves and letting him think

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that he'd just imagined my smile in the morning. He

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came closer, looking slightly nervous, but relieved that his reflection

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was no longer smiling. Fifty centimeters forty thirty, My hand

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shot forward and I managed to grab his arm with

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all the strength I had left I clawed him into

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my arms and pulled him towards me. He screamed, but

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he did I managed to escape my grasp. I pulled

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him into the mirror at the same time. I moved

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my body outward and broke out of the mirror. We'd

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swapped places. I stood outside of the mirror, and I

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looked down on my own body. I could move freely.

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I took a step to the right, then to the left.

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I was finally free. Then it dawned on me the

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man I trapped him inside the mirror. I looked back.

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I saw my own reflection, filled with guilt and shame.

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I'm sorry, I whispered. I grabbed the mirror and carried

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it outside. Using a pen and paper from the man's apartment,

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I wrote a small note for free. Hey they're kids,

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