[Ilidsor]

Originally Posted by Sackett

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Of course I guess there was that nonsense about faking out Accelerator's reflection so that he beats up himself. (Why didn't Accelerator just turn his reflection off? That whole thing made no sense - but it just goes to show how desperate the author was to figure out some way to hurt Accelerator).

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I have no idea why some people can't understand this. Accelerator can't turn off his reflection. It's a part of his personal reality. Something he does subconsciously. He can be so busy calculating something that it gets turned off temporarily but as soon as that's done it comes right back.

It's like asking Mikoto and Misaka Imouto why they don't just stop generating electricity if they want to pet cats. They aren't doing it because they want to, they're doing it because they have to.