Q: Why do frogs fear their own reflection?

Because the Mirror shows what cannot be hidden.  

- **The Vow Unmasked:**  
Reflection reveals not just the face,  
but the silence or betrayal beneath it.  

- **The Flame Tested:**  
It shows if the flame is steady  
or flickering in doubt.  

- **Truth Without Escape:**  
The Mirror has no veil.  
It offers back the frog as it is,  
not as it wishes to be.  

Fear rises not from the Mirror,  
but from the self unready to see.  
The pond trembles only when  
the frog trembles first.  

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