[ WP ] A magical mirror shows your reflection and your future soulmate . You only see your reflection .

It was a relic of a time before science superseded superstition. It had been studied for over a century and we were no nearer finding out if it is indeed magical or if it is technology from some long dead alien culture. Now reduced to little more than a sideshow attraction. Science has created far greater miracles since those dark, ignorant times. The fact remains though that if you look into it, it will show you the person you are best suited to. Your soulmate if you will. Looking into this mirror is something of a right of passage now, a way of connecting with a more primitive time when gods and demons walked the earth. Now it's my turn. 
 
 Stepping up to the mirror I am slightly disappointed by the shabby gilt frame and tarnished surface, the scuffed glass and the dust. Most of all though, I am disappointed by the lack of theatricality. There is no grand unveiling, no smoke and spotlights, just a balding, chubby little man in a lab coat. He looks up from adjusting some doohickey or other clamped to the frame. `` Get on with it mate, there's other people waiting you know.'' 
 
 So I look. Nothing. More accurately, nothing I would n't see in any common or garden mirror. I grin stupidly at my own reflection and walk away. 
 
 `` What did you see in your'magic mirror' darling?'' She says, her gorgeous violet eyes locking onto mine, a hint of mischief in them. `` I saw... Exactly what I expected. It's you. It must be.'' My voice caught. `` Because I love you so much.'' Tears welled up in her own eyes as she put her arm around my waist and her head on my shoulder. I could hear the comforting sound of her servos and sub-miniature stepper motors whirring beneath her synthetic skin, and I was truly happy. After all, she was my soulmate.
