We weren’t prepared the first time they appeared. It was the first cycle. [He sips his water and puts it back down.]

They are bent on replacing us. They seem to know more about us than we do. I can’t tell if they are true reflections or darker, twisted images.

Some of them try to kill their counterpart. Some try to destroy their bonds with others. Every one of them is different. [Kaeya across from him had been slippery and cunning in the one memory he has that is clear of the more recent past. Or so it seems.

His double is going to be hell.]