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Chapter 7 - The Mirror That Devours Names

The whiteness vanished as abruptly as it had come. Orphyn found himself standing before a **black mirror** twice his height, its frame carved with bones inscribed in unfathomable runes.

But the true horror lay in this:

**The mirror did not reflect him.**

Instead, it showed:

- **The Little Girl** standing behind him—but in the reflection, her smile stretched **too wide**, splitting her face in half.

- **Lyxia** staring back with one eye—the other a **seeping void** of black ink.

- **His own shadow** moving independently, scrawling something on the ground in smoke-letters.

He bent to read the shadow's message:

**"Your name is next."**

Then—the sound of **a pen scratching feverishly**. He whirled to see:

- **The Dark Twin** crouched in the corner, writing in a flesh-bound book with a pen of bone.

- With every word, **a memory dissolved** from Orphyn's mind.

"Stop!" he screamed—but his voice made **no sound**.

The Little Girl perched on his shoulder, whispering:

*"The mirror is hungry... Feed it your name."*

His right hand rose against his will, erasing his name from the mirror's surface. With each vanishing letter:

- Part of his body **dissolved into ink**.

- **Giggles multiplied** from within the glass.

As the last character faded, the **mirror shattered**, revealing:

**An endless white room.**

At its center:

- A **wooden chair** with rusted chains.

- An **open book** titled: *"Orphyn - Version Null."*

On its final page, in clotted blood-script:

**"Here, all things end... And nothing begins."**

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