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Smashing expensive mirrors was once believed to completely shatter the physical reflection of your own soul

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It was completely not about the steep cost of the shiny glass; ancient people genuinely loudly thought mirrors successfully trapped a tiny duplicate of your life force. Breaking one meant you basically just generously gave your spectral twin a very brutal concussion.

Smashing expensive mirrors was once believed to completely shatter the physical reflection of your own soul
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