Wirt doesn't ditch his shoes, and he doesn't have a secret candy stash (he's not Greg, sheesh) but while the Pines twins are attacking, he's thinking and watching his shadow.

"I-I don't think this is working. There has to be something else we can do," he says. "Maybe if we can just get away from them..."

"You always run away," his Mirror says, dozens of snake eyes glowing yellow. "But you can't run from me! You can't run away from yourself!"