Opaque -

She doesn't even notice, Robin thinks, and maybe it's paranoia after a lifetime of sight-lines and reflected movement but it's disturbingly obvious to him.

Mirrors.

(Her castle, office, home, vault -)

Everywhere.

That she loses herself in, when troubled.

(Every time she leaves the house?)

…And when not.

He approaches gently, a careful shadow where Regina stares at herself in conversation he's not privy to, and she greets his image with warmth she still won't grant herself and he thinks -

'What do you see in me?'

- and spreads fingers on curves that turn her, to see herself through his eyes, instead.