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“Here. It’s one of Mearez’s dresses. Serena said you’re closer to her height, but I still think Mearez’s dress will fit you well.”

I accepted the dress from him, staring at it for a long moment before glancing for a mirror only to

find none.

“You… you don’t have a mirror?” I asked, then remembered what he’d told me before, how he had never looked into one since birth.

He didn’t answer. Instead, he simply stood there, watching away as I began to dress.