BAD Reflection

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One day, Weyn, a dark-haired 26-year-old boy, came back from work, as usual, to his empty apartment to feel sorry for himself for missing the opportunity to talk to his crush who disappeared 5 years ago (nobody knows how).

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On his way, he saw some weird luminous stone on the lawn.
His first thought: "Wtf, rocks don't shine. Am I having hallucinations or something?" It seemed that no one had noticed it. Maybe that's a sign of something, I don't know. Maybe I could choose to be some kind of hero who saves Earth. Who am I kidding? I am weaker than a sheepfly. I will never save someone's life or impress my dear little strawberry (he is taller than me by about 100%).
He took the suspicious stone with him to have free light to avoid paying electricity bills.

At home, he put the stone on the kitchen table and went to take a shower. When he finished, he sat down on his couch and started watching some drama TV show.
Suddenly, the stone began to glow brighter than before, blinding Weyn, who spilled his caramel popcorn. A luminous figure appeared from the light. Weyn, knowing that he had no chance, instinctively hid behind the sofa and drank the rest of the wine from the glass bottle, then broke it to have something to defend himself _against_ the mysterious figure.

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The creature looked around and showed no interest at all in poor Weyn and started paying attention to the drama playing on the TV. Weyn had a look of disgust and surprise on his face while looking out from behind the couch.
He decided to try talking to the thing. Weyn slowly and carefully got up from the ground, thinking that he was behaving similarly to characters in horror movies.

When he tried to lean out, he stepped on the remains of the wine bottle barefoot. You could see the pain on his face as he looked at his new slippers lying next to him. The creature looked at him with interest, said something in a language Weyn couldn't understand, and they found themselves in an empty space.

- Wtf just happened? Where am I? - Weyn said with mixed feelings - Wait, what happened to my foot? It was cut with glass. And most importantly, who are you? Some kind of ghost that's haunting me because I did something wrong or what the hell?!
- What ghost? - the creature looked at Weyn curiously.
- Eeeeeee ... I don't know how to explain that to you... - Weyn replied.
- I wanted to thank you for freeing me from the curse and, in gratitude, accept this as a token of my gratitude - the thing said, giving Weyn something that looked like a magic ball, similar to a fortune teller's - it will show you the things you truly want to see and I can grant you a wish if that's not enough for you.
- So it works like a web browser or ChatGPT? -
Weyn asked with interest.
The mysterious figure looked at him with clueless eye things and said:
- You seem to have a wish inside your heart. I can i can try granted it.
- Hey! That's not nice to look inside someone's mind, you need to know! - Weyn said loudly, and his face turned red. - This should be a crime and you could go to jail for it! Mind your own business and don't look into other people's! You need to learn what personal privacy is!

Suddenly, a light blinded Weyn and he felt as if he was moving through space

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He saw a huge and mysterious door in front of him. At first, he decided to open it, but he realized that something dangerous might be hiding there, as always. Then he remembered that this was supposed to be the fulfillment of his most effective dream. He gently grabbed the doorknob and tried to open it.

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