Just as you were about to leave the room, Dr. Saunders finally chirped in, "You gotta tell him, Kerry."
The two doctors excused themselves to the side and you could hear they were arguing. They were trying to whisper so that you couldn't quite make out what they were saying, but they returned to you a short time later.
Dr. Kerry was glaring at Dr. Saunders as he addressed you, "My colleague has convinced me if would be...unethical not to prepare you in advance. But perhaps it would be better to show you. If you would please step over to the mirror."
It seemed like such a strange request. Why would you need to look in the mirror.
"We need to tell him," Dr. Saunders scolded, "The poor boy is in such denial that he probably won't even go look at himself in the mirror."
"Denial of what?" You asked.
Saunders was now taking the lead with Dr. Kerry seemingly very annoyed, "I'm surprised you haven't noticed, and I must apologize for Dr. Kerry's reluctance to tell you the full truth. While everyone's body is perfectly fine, just as my partner explained, your minds were not. We had to enact some pretty severe measures to make sure you all survived. As an unfortunate consequence of this, your minds had to be transferred into different bodies. You, your family, the Walsh's, everyone! It seems like such a shocking possibility that you haven't even realized that you aren't you yet!"
"I think I'd know if I wasn't me!"
"Surely, you've noticed a different voice. You've noticed that the build of your body is different. Maybe you've chalked it up to your accident. Or maybe you are fully aware of it, but your subconscious won't allow you to acknowledge it. After all, you still haven't gone to look at yourself in the mirror, have you?"
"Come on, this is crazy! Why would I need to look in a mirror. I know who I am."
"Do you?" And with that, Dr. Saunders held a mirror up to your face.
Your immediate instinct was to look away, but you weren't able to do so in time. You ended up catching a glimpse of yourself, the body you were in now. You didn't want to believe it. Your eyes were still averted. They were shut tight. Saunders was right. You didn't want to face the reality of what you had just seen, but you couldn't deny it anymore. You now longer had your own body. You were someone else. You were now...
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