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    Her reflection stared back at her, just as cold, just as unfeeling. But there was a flicker—barely perceptible—deep within her own eyes. A flicker of something she had tried so hard to suppress. Vulnerability. Fear. The part of her that had once looked to Focalors for guidance, for reassurance, but had been abandoned in the end.

    “You can hide all you want,” Furina whispered, her voice trembling now, though she would never admit it. “But I won’t be your puppet. I will be my own person. I will be the one to carry Fontaine forward, with or without you.”

    She took one last long look at the mirror, her chest tightening as she wrestled with the emotions threatening to overwhelm her. Furina’s lips parted as if she were about to speak again, but she stopped herself. She had nothing more to say. No more words that would change anything.

    With one last, lingering glance at the glass, Furina turned away, her footsteps heavy as she moved toward the door. But just before she reached it, she stopped and glanced back one final time, her gaze lingering on her reflection.

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