Viewed from high above, the enormous city formed in the Mirror World by power leaking from the City of Calamity remained deathly silent. Buildings of every style loomed faintly through the mist: contemporary skyscrapers and smooth roads familiar to Angel, low brick-and-stone buildings from more recent centuries, and crude ancient houses built from massive stones, earth, or mortar, further distinguished by the styles of different civilizations and countries.
But nowhere among them could Angel find that familiar figure.
"She's actually not here... Did she sense I was going to ask some pointed questions and hide ahead of time?"
Muttering to herself, Angel landed at their usual meeting spot, looked around, and tilted her head in puzzlement.
Fortunately, performing Mirror Divination was simpler in the Mirror World. Her eyes flickered, and through the mystical connection between the Mirror Person and her original self, she instantly located the other woman.
She was at the edge of the city, not far from this street.
Passing through a Mirror Tunnel above the city, woven from the red of war and death and the black of disaster and turmoil, Angel swiftly reached the street where the Mirror Person stood. She dropped lightly from the air and landed directly before the other Angel.
The latter had been gazing at a tall building, her eyes slightly unfocused, lost in unknown thoughts. Only when Angel appeared before her did she come back to herself, turning to her original self with a faint smile.
Angel also found the surrounding streetscape rather familiar. A clock tower stood conspicuously above a square enclosed by low, predominantly gray buildings. Its four enormous clock faces were covered in cracks, their crooked hands all pointing to the same time.
This was City Hall Square in Limon City, Midseashire. After the war broke out, Angel