Curious little thing, aren’t you. Always prying into things perhaps best left vague. The answers you seek will not truly be found on the pages below, for the answers given here are merely my own and might not reflect the way anyone else uses these words. These are not answers, the real answers you will need to find or create for yourself. The words I have to share with you here are merely pointers, things to help you write your own stories. Canon? There is no canon.
Okay but for real, what is a…

WARNING: high energy magic
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FACSIMILE HAZARD: ENTITIES IN THE MIRROR ARE LESS HUMAN THAN THEY APPEAR

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