“Tilted Mirror” [Buffyverse drabble]
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Tilted Mirror
Copyright April 2026
Setting: Buffy, Season 5
Spoiler(s): “the Replacement” (Buffy S5-03)
“Science is too rigid,” Willow insists. “No artistry, you can’t feel it.”
“Speak for yourself,” Willow shoots back. “And making magic … all that emotion, all those variables, there’s no way to reliably control something like that.”
“ ‘Speak for yourself’,” Willow mimics snidely. “It just takes the right touch.”
Giles, Buffy, Xander look from one Willow to the other, equal expressions of lost. Faintly Giles says, “We must locate Toth, reverse the effects of the ferrula gemina.”
“Tracking spell!” magic!Willow says instantly.
“Neural disruptor!” tech!Willow says, not quite simultaneously.
Buffy’s expression goes even more blank, and Xander quietly begins to moan.
– end –
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