Rose looks frankly dumbfounded. It's that simple? It really is? And he goes to explain and yes, that's exactly it, reversed. Huh.
Gathering her wits up (and her posture with it), she says, "You went to such effort with the mirror I thought it had to be more complicated. At least I won't have to explain computers to you, even if I am a little sad at the lost chance for trolling."
She only would have teased him lightly. She likes him.
"That I admit I can't fathom living through. Are you living forwards now, or is this a long act of being railroaded into the mirror metaphor through my having stated you already used it?" she asks, genuinely curious.
"You had a good note to retire on, even if it was already foretold to you. No... hm. I can't think of a word for foretold in reverse." She waves her hand, dismissing it. "And you have my sympathy. I can't say I reacted well, myself, when I learned what I'd missed out on by coming here."
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Gathering her wits up (and her posture with it), she says, "You went to such effort with the mirror I thought it had to be more complicated. At least I won't have to explain computers to you, even if I am a little sad at the lost chance for trolling."
She only would have teased him lightly. She likes him.
"That I admit I can't fathom living through. Are you living forwards now, or is this a long act of being railroaded into the mirror metaphor through my having stated you already used it?" she asks, genuinely curious.
"You had a good note to retire on, even if it was already foretold to you. No... hm. I can't think of a word for foretold in reverse." She waves her hand, dismissing it. "And you have my sympathy. I can't say I reacted well, myself, when I learned what I'd missed out on by coming here."