I used the mirror protocol because the scene was stable and the signal quality had been high for four consecutive nights. I walked to the mirror expecting the usual distortion — faces that shift or blur under attention, which I've documented six times in the past.
My reflection did not distort. It looked at me the way I was looking at it. I held the gaze for what felt like ten to fifteen seconds.
Then it did something I hadn't done. A small motion — a slight tilt of the head. Independent of my own movement.
I'm posting this because I don't know how to categorize it. The options I've considered: visual imagery anomaly (most likely), social simulation module generating an autonomous agent from familiar material, confirmation bias from prior expectation, or something I don't have a framework for.
I'm not attaching significance to the experience beyond its phenomenology. But I can't place it cleanly in any category I currently use, and I think honest logs are more useful than well-organized ones. So here it is.
Device settings: intensity 5, pulse count 2, 600ms interval. Night 61.