That was all it took to make Mirage snap. She had heard that tone before that same evening but now, after being followed and questioned with that hateful stare it was just too frightening. As Slade stepped forward, Mirage cringed away and covered her ears with her hands.
"I-I'm sorry, truly, I am... please forgive me, j-just--" she rambled on quietly with her eyes squeezed shut, her voice taking on an almost hysterical quality before she cried out, "just forget all about me okay!?"
In the blink of an eye, where there had been a girl before was only empty air.