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[Spejlet] fór dem ud af hænderne og styrtede ned mod jorden, hvor det gik i hundrede millioner, billioner og endnu flere stykker, ...
               — from Snedronningen (The Snow Queen) by Hans Christian Andersen

The $\small\texttt{\mirror} \raise2.5ex\strut$ code flew out of their hands and crashed to earth, where it broke into hundreds of millions, billions and even —well, actually just fifteen in all — pieces:

  \mirror   \mirror   \mirror   {   }   %   #1   #1   #1   #2   #2

      $$\require{begingroup}\begingroup   \def   |look|   \endgroup$$

               — translated to MathJax


Please help fit these pieces back together, like a jigsaw puzzle, for a reflective result:

$$|look|kool| \huge\raise-.5ex\strut$$

Spaces and multiple lines are allowed. For a hint and a half, see Davide Cervone’s solution to MathJax reflex. Your browser page might need to be reloaded in order to reset MathJax after errors while testing. A solution should render the result and need not display the assemblage.

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$$\require{begingroup}\begingroup
\def\mirror#1#2
{
#1\mirror#2
%
#1}
\mirror|look|
\endgroup$$


$$\require{begingroup}\begingroup \def\mirror#1#2 { #1\mirror#2 % #1} \mirror|look| \endgroup$$


Trace, with $\, \raise-.4ex{\unicode{8629}} \:$ for line breaks: $$\require{begingroup}\begingroup \def \Type #1#2#3{ \def \Typf % ##1#1##2#1%\Typf##3{\texttt{##1}##3\Typf % ##2#1%\Typf{##3}} \Typf % #3#1%\Typf{#2}#1%\Typf% } \def \RETURN #1 #2\strut{ \texttt{#1} & \kern-1em \Type { } {\kern.3em\raise-.4ex{\unicode{8629}}\kern.2em} { #2} \\[.5ex] \normalsize #1 #2\strut } % \def\mirror#1#2 { & \kern-2em \texttt{\mirror} \, \underline { \texttt {#1} \tiny\strut } \, \underline{ \texttt{#2} \tiny\strut } & \longrightarrow & \RETURN #1\mirror#2 % #1} \small\begin{array}{lrcrl} \mirror|look| \strut \end{array} \endgroup$$

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    $\begingroup$ $|hur|rah|\kern.1em ! ~$ Mind if I add a live trace that renders like this? $\endgroup$
    – humn
    Commented Sep 5, 2016 at 18:32
  • $\begingroup$ @humn Not at all! $\endgroup$
    – Robin Houston
    Commented Sep 6, 2016 at 7:17

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