Regardless of what Quentin tries against the mirror, it will remain as it is, guarding its secrets and tugging at the darkest memories he carries with him. It will withstand any magic or even physical assaults he might try against it, and when he has finished with the seemingly harmless stationary object, the light he carries with him will flicker and die, darkness engulfing him—

And he will wake where he last slept, covered in a thin layer of dust.