[ it comes down to that, doesn't it? katherine has yet to determine if a mirror reflects the same core values as the real, but with a different personal context changing their choices and the path they walk on. speaking as a doppelgänger, katherine knows that to be true. love drives both her and her descendent, but katherine's love for herself has defied her loyalty to anyone else. her own choice to save her own skin had seen the demise of the one person she would've thrown herself into the fire for. ]

You may be a physical fighter, but perhaps your mirror isn't. Maybe they're more skilled in mind games than they are with throwing a punch. It's a difference you may think is completely arbitrary, but there's a reason you fight. [ she pauses, then raises her brows. ] Isn't there?