In the washroom, Klein locked the door and recalled the words the silver mirror named Arrodes had secretly shown him. He pondered:
"'Your faithful and humble servant Arrodes is at your service'?
"What's going on? That mirror was coldly toying with Ikanser, the deacon from the Church of Steam, just now... How did it change its tune so quickly?"
Klein was both amused and puzzled. He seemed to be talking to himself, yet also to someone else.
As his voice faded, the reflection in the mirror above the sink rippled and changed into a woman in a black court dress. It was Miss Sharron.
She rested her chin on her hand and thought for a moment before saying simply, "You're a blessed one."
You mean the silver mirror seems to have some connection to the Spirit World... and that mysterious space Above the Gray Fog seems tied to the Spirit World too. As the Fool's... blessed one, I carry the aura of the Gray Fog, and that mirror called Arrodes sensed it?
After "translating" Sharron's words, Klein felt they made sense. They also gave him a convenient excuse...
With that thought, he said to Sharron, "Please watch over my body. I'm going to report this to..."
"Okay." Sharron gave a slight nod. She watched Sherlock recite Mr. Fool's Honorific Name in a voice barely above a whisper, take four steps backward, and then go completely still.
Those four steps... are they a ritual to please Mr. Fool? Sharron emerged from the mirror, lost in thought.
In the mysterious space Above the Gray Fog, Klein sat in the Fool's seat. He first extended his Spirituality to listen to Miss Justice's request.
He had entered the washroom and gone Above the Gray Fog precisely because he had heard Justice's prayer.
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