The silver surface did not show her smiling face. It did not show her hat or her green dress or her third eye, sewn shut with red thread.
The cave, satisfied, returned to its silent slumber—its trap still set, its mirror still waiting for the next person who needed to be defeated by the truth.
Then she found the third trap.
But the cave would not let her. The walls of obsidian reflected her from every angle. A thousand Koishis, all with the same hollow eyes. A thousand forgotten girls.
Satori stood there. Her older sister. Pink hair, third eye floating behind her, tears in her own crimson eyes. -ENG- Koishi Komeiji-s defeat- Cave Adventure -...
It showed a girl with tears streaming down her face. A girl clutching her knees in the dark, whispering, “Why won’t anyone look at me?”
And for the first time in a very, very long time, she saw . The silver surface did not show her smiling face
“Stop it,” she said, backing up. Her heel hit a rock. She stumbled. Fell backward.