"Y-you don't?" But how can he not? She looks as real as anyone she has ever seen in the Nexus. Adia turns her wide-eyed gaze to Josh, then back towards her mirror image, who is casually examining her nails. "She's-- she's standing right there."

He obviously doesn't see me, her doppelganger says with a roll of her eyes. He doesn't need to.

"Hallucinating?" She repeats weakly. The idea forms a cold pit of dread in her stomach. She has been through so much in the last two years, she knows it hasn't been good for her mental health, but has she really gotten to the point where she's seeing things?

She shakes her head, trying to deny the most obvious explanation. "N-no. I'm not --" She almost says "crazy", but that isn't kind to Josh.