Once upon a time there was a king, and the king commissioned his favorite wizard to create a magic mirror. This mirror didn__ show you your reflection. It showed you your soul__t showed you who you really were.The wizard couldn__ look at it without turning away. The king couldn__ look at it. The courtiers couldn__ look at it. A chestful of treasure was offered to anyone who could look at it for sixty seconds without turning away. And no one could.
There__ just something unsettling about studying your reflection. It__ not a matter of being dissatisfied with your face or of being embarrassed by your vanity. Maybe it__ that when you gaze into your own eyes, you don__ see what you wish to see__r glimpse something that you wish weren__ there.
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There__ just something unsettling about studying your reflection. It__ not a matter of being dissatisfied with your face or of being embarrassed by your vanity. Maybe it__ that when you gaze into your own eyes, you don__ see what you wish to see__r glimpse something that you wish weren__ there.
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