Thirty Days of Classes, part 1 (after battle)

Now, if you are prepared, do explain what you see in the mirror. You needn't haste.

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For some reason, Xichun appeared to hesitate before the mirror.

Hey, you know...

... it's been a while since I looked into the mirror for so long.

My lady, do you recall Sunzhen, of the Shi family who contacted you for a meeting?

Yeah, the guy who said he was gonna show me a precious flower that blooms only at night? I remember that you were vehemently against me going out there, so I stayed inside. I wonder what kind of flower it was...

... Don't tell me you were actually looking forward to meeting him, my lady?

... Oh, of course not.

You were wise to stay inside.

It was revealed that you weren't the only person who was invited, my lady. That vile man had hired a group of assassins to ambush the meeting spot, and would have been waiting there to spring the trap had you gone.

But, apparently, he was outplayed and had his limbs and head torn off as punishment. What a relief, isn't it?

... I guess.

I'm glad I didn't go, Wei. You were right.

... If only you still had the Wu branch under your control -

Stop it. We agreed to move on from that, remember? We don't have to talk about it.

I was brushing my hair and looking in the mirror as we were talking, but...

... I realized that I no longer recognized the girl in the mirror.

I don't know why, but I just... I found it so hard to meet her eyes.

But I brushed it off, because I had to. An experience like that was going to be a common occurrence anyway, and the Family Hierarch war was always looming on the horizon.

Perhaps what you felt then may have been... shame.

But it is paramount to face oneself nonetheless. Nay, especially so if it was.

And Sinclair - what do you see?

I, uh... I... Hm...

I see...

... Well, I just see myself smiling... I don't see what's... so out of the ordinary...?

But it seemed like Sinclair couldn't really bring himself to face the mirror.

Hey, after what we just discussed, I think... I think I understand something now.

Now that I've had some quiet time looking at my reflection, I think I uncovered a part of myself I've had hidden away for a long time.