Mirror-Faced Shadows

Kagami

The purification rope... it's blackened and torn.

Konata

(These talisman papers... they're arranged like a barrier that failed...)

Tsukasa

K-Kagami-nee... in the broken mirror... I see us... but not us...

Kagami

Don't look at them directly! They're wearing our faces like masks!

Miyuki

(The scroll... it's rewriting itself with our names... in blood...)

Konata

The family photos... they're all showing the same timestamp - midnight tonight!

Tsukasa

They're pulling me in! The shadows in the mirrors are -

Kagami

(The shrine wasn't abandoned... it was sealed... and we just broke the lock!)

Tsukasa

Kagami-nee... it's pulling me... it's pulling me in!

Kagami

Hold on! Don't let go of my hand!

Tsukasa

(I can see myself... but her eyes are empty... she's me but not me...)

Miyuki

The scroll! It's showing Tsukasa's name fading... being replaced!

Konata

Kagami! The mirror isn't just showing her reflection - it's creating a new one!

Tsukasa

Every time you lied to protect me... every time you resented being the responsible one...

Kagami

(The shrine... it's been feeding on our guilt... every family argument, every hidden resentment...)

Miyuki

Kagami... look at all the mirrors... they're all showing Tsukasa... but different...

Kagami

(This isn't possession... this is replacement... and we've been feeding it our entire lives...)