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Carlton arched an eyebrow, taken aback by Alaric's revelation. "Wait, so you've seen it too? Your reflection doing its own thing?" He couldn't help but feel a mix of relief and unease at the confirmation that he wasn't alone in this bizarre experience.
Alaric rubbed the back of his neck, looking slightly sheepish as he recalled the unsettling incident from a few days prior. "It happened when I first returnromed f the war..Well, I did see something strange when I first returned from the war... but to be honest, I was so exhausted and overwhelmed at the time that I brushed it off as a trick of my tired mind."
but what I saw..." He trailed off, shaking his head as if trying to dislodge the unsettling memory.
Carlton leaned forward eagerly, his curiosity piqued. "Peculiar how? What exactly did you see?"
