Saturday, 14 January 2023

Workaround

"And this is the Mirror of Desire."


"That a name or a descriptive term?"


"Descriptive. It shows you your deepest desire."


"I see. And then what?"


"I'm sorry?"


"Does it make that desire come true or something?"


"Oh no, it just shows you it."


"So why does it exist? That seems to have very limited use."


"Look, you have to understand that almost all the magical devices we store here are the kind designed for singular purposes back when magic was... What are you writing down there?"


"Oh, nothing."


She called in and quit that evening, after the lottery draw. 

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