Such a simple thing yet such a magnitude of difference. Her complexion following her mien. She’d never quite … countenanced  the idea of it like that before, but it seems so obvious now, that if nner beauty and peace can be seen outwardly, so then can control of one’s features reflect the intended equanimity internally. She tries to do as her reflection has done, without thinking, for a moment.

But, if she is the one copying the mirror, does that not make her the reflection? And perhaps that is all the mirror needs…