It took half a beat for him to figure out what she meant by her comment. He was tipsy, or drunk, and his own costume had slipped his mind while they'd been focusing on hers. When it clicked for him he laughed. "No, no," he assured her. "Not much hiding to be done when you're surrounded by mirrors, is there?"
He'd taken her metaphor for predators and prey without thinking; real prey could hide very well in a mirror maze, since their illusions couldn't put them in any real danger. Socially, though, an illusion was fully capable of bringing someone's reputation down for the kill. How much easier would it be if getting away with something in society meant only preventing people from actually observing you in the act of doing it? (— well, even that wouldn't have saved him in all counts, but it would benefit a good deal of other people).
"What's the matter? Frightened of your reflection?" he teased.
He'd taken her metaphor for predators and prey without thinking; real prey could hide very well in a mirror maze, since their illusions couldn't put them in any real danger. Socially, though, an illusion was fully capable of bringing someone's reputation down for the kill. How much easier would it be if getting away with something in society meant only preventing people from actually observing you in the act of doing it? (— well, even that wouldn't have saved him in all counts, but it would benefit a good deal of other people).
"What's the matter? Frightened of your reflection?" he teased.
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