[It's hair-raising to watch someone make contact with his mirror, but also somewhat hypnotic. A part of him would almost disbelieve it's happening, if not for the remembered feeling of that blood on his own hand.
To Victor's consternation, the same message is repeated, but the writer no longer seems content to leave it just at that. He watches the same hand reach through a second time, reaching for one of the items on his shelves. The act isn't as unsettling as the uncertainty over what the person wants. To scare him? To prove it can interact with this side?
He releases an audible breath at the four letters that appear under the others.
... Or is it lure him closer to the mirror again?
Absolutely not. If the entities on the other side use the glass to watch this one, Victor hopes his troublesome guest can see the way his brows flatten out with resolve not to let one scare dictate the course of this entire exchange.]
What's stopping you from getting it yourself?
[If they can see, perhaps they can also hear.]
and some yet live, treading the thorny road - Post a comment
which leads, through toil and hate, to fame’s serene abode