04 ☄ Video ☄

[waterformybath]

[Howl finally feels brave enough to show his face (and his lovely dark hair) on the communicators. You may catch a glimpse of a mirror in the background, floating behind his head.]

While I quite enjoy looking at myself in the mirror, I think having one follow me around is a bit much. Is this the sort of punishment the Rulers typically deliver?

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[waterformybath]

[Yeowch! He recoils and rubs his cheek.]

Why do you keep slapping me?!

[eldestdaughter]

Because you keep doing stupid things.

[Yes Howl, she's glaring at you.]

[waterformybath]

I only looked into it for a second!

[Why is he backing away from this terrifying woman-- oh right, because she's Sophie. D8]

[eldestdaughter]

A second is all it takes.

[She's actually being pretty patient with him for what's going on.]

Just look at you, you're hair's gone all brown.

[waterformybath]

[And of course, his first reaction is to look back at the mirror to see this change--]

[eldestdaughter]

STOP!

[She physically turned his head away from it.]

Any mirror but that one.

[waterformybath]

Yours, then...?

[Though he'd rather stare at Sophie herself now that he thinks about it...]

[eldestdaughter]

[She frowns, thinking about it before nodding.]

Alright.

[waterformybath]

[Well, that's easy enough then. But it will only work when they're together otherwise he won't have any other mirror to look at besides his compact--

Oh hey, they could use those!]

[eldestdaughter]

[She's not planning on going anywhere without you. Clearly she can't trust you to keep from being turned into something else. Which is worrying.]

Just be more careful.

[waterformybath]

[If she can't even stop herself from changing, then it's unlikely she'll be able to stop Howl's own transformation.]

As I said, I'll try.

[Oh, it's going to be a tough few days not being able to look into a mirror...]

[eldestdaughter]

[She squeezes his hand tightly.]

Thank you.