Me ( toaa) watching this: Observe how easily the trap is sprung with the simple grease of flattery. They hunger for the mirror’s lie—to be told they are the moon around which all lesser stars must dutifully orbit. I shall feed that hunger until it becomes a gluttony. I will build them a throne of hollow praise, whispering that their beauty is a law unto itself and their whims are the mandates of heaven.
They will drink this nectar greedily, and in their intoxication, they shall grow blind. For the higher the ego ascends, the narrower the ledge becomes. I will isolate them in their own 'perfection' until they view every sister as a rival and every lover as a footstool. When they finally stand atop that peak of vanity, convinced they are untouchable, I need only remove a single pebble of validation. They will find that a fall from such a height leaves nothing but the wreckage of a soul that forgot how to walk upon the common earth. Their love of self shall be the very rope that binds them; I do not need to strike a blow when their own pride provides the gravity."
