A long time ago they thought that if you looked into a mirror too long your reflection would try to steal your soul. Sometimes when I look in a mirror I feel like my reflection has a life of its own. When I walk away my reflection disappears and could be off doing all kinds of bad things in the shadow world. It would be interesting if there was a shadow world where all of our reflections led different lives. I guess it would be a pain to be a reflection because when your person comes to a mirror you have to stand to attention right quick and put on a show on the other side. If I were a reflection I would make merry as much as I could and after a while I would play tricks on my person. In the beginning I would move just a little differently than he did and do things he would only see out of the corner of his eye. If he looked into the mirror too much and interrupted my good time I would start wearing a strange mask sometimes or paint my face a weird color. That might drive him crazy after awhile but could be good for me. When people are put in insane asylums the watchers do not give them mirrors because they could break them and hurt themselves. If my person was committed I would have all day and night to live with wild abandon and try every possible kind of excess in the shadow world. That’s why these days I only use mirrors when I have to so my reflection can take it easy.