It is an inevitability of Wonderland that someone who knows Kaneki must meet his Mirror. The powers that be make it so. And since Mabel is there, she gets to meet Kaneki's Mirror as well! What a wonderful opportunity for her. Fortunately, the real thing didn't actually ever eat her, so that's something.
But the narration digresses.
Kaneki's Mirror is wary of the Core, because it's largely not a Safe Place. He's also wary of the rips, though he has a feeling his Real thing isn't going to jump into one without a very good reason. He's not particularly worried, then, about ending up somewhere he shouldn't be.
What he's much more interested in is Real things that end up where they shouldn't be.
You see, eating other Mirrors is problematic. He'd either have to let them live--which ccomes with its own share of problems--or kill them, and killing them would mean the Queen would have to remake them. He has a feeling she doesn't want to do that for just any old reason and he's smart enough to know better than to do anything that might inconvenience her.
Eating Real things that happen to be on his side of the glass, however, can't be nearly as much of a problem, he thinks. The rips notwithstanding, they're trapped, and as long as he doesn't kill them, he doesn't have to deal with them again once they cross back over. It's win-win for him.
So he's very happy to come across Dipper and Mabel, who he understands are Regular People, on top of being young and hopefully not capable of fighting well. It just...makes him smile as he approaches them. The expression looks more or less pleasant, but his eyes (both of which are uncovered) are narrowed. Mabel's grappling hook is a bit annoying, but nothing he can't handle. Probably.
Real twins, Mirror Side (he won't try to eat them, I promise :3)
But the narration digresses.
Kaneki's Mirror is wary of the Core, because it's largely not a Safe Place. He's also wary of the rips, though he has a feeling his Real thing isn't going to jump into one without a very good reason. He's not particularly worried, then, about ending up somewhere he shouldn't be.
What he's much more interested in is Real things that end up where they shouldn't be.
You see, eating other Mirrors is problematic. He'd either have to let them live--which ccomes with its own share of problems--or kill them, and killing them would mean the Queen would have to remake them. He has a feeling she doesn't want to do that for just any old reason and he's smart enough to know better than to do anything that might inconvenience her.
Eating Real things that happen to be on his side of the glass, however, can't be nearly as much of a problem, he thinks. The rips notwithstanding, they're trapped, and as long as he doesn't kill them, he doesn't have to deal with them again once they cross back over. It's win-win for him.
So he's very happy to come across Dipper and Mabel, who he understands are Regular People, on top of being young and hopefully not capable of fighting well. It just...makes him smile as he approaches them. The expression looks more or less pleasant, but his eyes (both of which are uncovered) are narrowed. Mabel's grappling hook is a bit annoying, but nothing he can't handle. Probably.