Oct 4, 2026 · 19 min · 12 segments
The steps grow. Nobody tells you that at the start. The fear learns the gaps you leave, and every gap you close becomes a new step. Now there are the mirrors — every one turned to the wall before…
You came back.
Good.
I knew you would.
You did your locks last night, didn't you? Front door, back door, the window over the sink, the cellar.
Say it, in your head, so I know it's in there.
Yes, once it's in you, it stays.
That's how I know you're ready for the next one.
But first I have to tell you what happened to me between then and now, because it's a warning, and you need it before you do anything else.
The steps grow.
That's the thing no one tells you at the start.
One is not enough for long, because the fear learns you.
The fear finds the gaps you left, and you have to close them, one by one, and each thing you close becomes a new step, and the steps get longer, and they take more of the night.
I don't want to frighten you with how long mine take now.
I'll only give you what you're ready for.
Tonight, the second step.
The mirrors.
You came back.
Good.
I knew you would.
You did your locks last night, didn't you? Front door, back door, the window over the sink, the cellar.
Say it, in your head, so I know it's in there.
Yes, once it's in you, it stays.
That's how I know you're ready for the next one.
But first I have to tell you what happened to me between then and now, because it's a warning, and you need it before you do anything else.
The steps grow.
That's the thing no one tells you at the start.
One is not enough for long, because the fear learns you.
The fear finds the gaps you left, and you have to close them, one by one, and each thing you close becomes a new step, and the steps get longer, and they take more of the night.
I don't want to frighten you with how long mine take now.
I'll only give you what you're ready for.
Tonight, the second step.
The mirrors.
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