xushima: In those days, the world of mirrors and the world of men were not, as they are now,...

xushima:

In those days, the world of mirrors and the world of men were not, as they are now, separate and unconnected. They were, moreover, quite different from one another; neither the creatures nor the colors nor the shapes of the two worlds were the same. The two kingdoms–the specular and the human–lived in peace, and one could pass back and forth through mirrors.

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— Jorge Luis Borges, The Book of Imaginary Beings