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Medium

They're judging you right now.

Medium

The disappointment he feels is unjustifiable even to himself, but you can read it in his eyes.

Formidable

Maybe it's just a random nerve firing, but a smile flutters at the corner of your former double's mouth.

Medium

The mirror-corpse cannot absolve you of anything.

Medium

He gives no indication that he has the slightest clue that's not where the story ends. You're off the hook.

Godly

Use Duchess's Technique to look inside HOLOCENE.

Medium

Outer stillness accompanied by rapid eye movements as your amateur diagnosis hits.

Challenging

A note of sadness in his voice.

Challenging

It's impossible to tell which limb moves next -- beware!

Medium

She can tell you're smoothing it over for her.

Trivial

She raises her hand to bite her nails. A new habit -- they're bleeding.

Medium

She's fading. No sleep. Three, maybe four days now.

Easy

Looking you straight in the eyes, sympathetic. She really doesn't know.

Easy

Her voice is thin -- she's not strong enough to carry them alone.

Easy

Knuckles white as she balls them into fists.

Easy

Not trusting herself to speak around the lump in her throat.

Easy

She deflates at the change of subject, back to the misery of now.

Medium

Still not a yes. She's nervous, looking away, could get a discount out of it.

Easy

Under the thick hoodie, her eyes are fixed on a single point to the west.

Easy

Her hood a burrow, she the mouse within.

Easy

The veins in his eyes pre-pop in anticipation of what's about to happen.

Easy

No reflexive blink or retinal follow.

Easy

Around you, scattered pairs of eyes watch as you jiggle the shutter. Too many people around for a break-in.

Medium

His tail swishes with cautious excitement.

Challenging

His eyes look like lava. He is erupting.

Easy

He pulls at his ears, deranged with joy.

Challenging

What does he see in the figurine?

Medium

Even the cutest and most dreadful of eyes can see how you drench yourself in remorse.

Easy

Easy

But definitely more ominous.

Easy

A sudden talisman. The last thing he gave up.

Medium

She was about to say something else. Something she thinks might be important.

Formidable

No witty retort -- caught her with a stiff jab.

Medium

She would. She will.

Medium

Earnest, masked with a laugh.

Easy

The thought of spying on you does seem to horrify her.

Medium

His eyes narrow ever so slightly as if to place your face.

Medium

A quick, apologetic smile.

Medium

He looks away from you while he decides which script to follow.

Medium

His lips ready themselves for a pretend smile.

Medium

The sound of his own voice makes him wince.

Medium

His fingers twitch like he's fighting the urge to shuffle the papers on his desk.

Easy

A tight, self conscious smile.

Medium

Not a direct answer.

Easy

Approval. Pride.

Medium

Abject disappointment. Her response is all he's been thinking about since he put himself at your mercy.

Medium

That's how she was and remains for him -- a mirror of his own qualities and flaws.

Medium

The doctor overtakes the father.

Easy

The sort of serene, approachable expression that is considered key to 'good bedside manner'.

Medium

Complicated subject matter.