There’s a nasty little tale called The Outsider by the twentieth century horror writer, H. P. Lovecraft, where an unworldly beast learns he is a monster after seeing himself in a mirror for the first time.
Alas, this is a process we must all go through in life if we want to grow and rid ourselves of undesirable qualities.
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