Keep

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Keep

n.
an important part of your personality that others seldom see—a secret flaw, a hidden talent, trauma that never comes up, dreams you never mention—that remains a vital part of who you are even if nobody knows it’s there, like the sprawling archives in the attics of museums, packed with works far too priceless to risk being displayed for the public.

From a keep, the innermost tower of a castle.

Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Falesia

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Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Austice

a leaf imprint in the mud

Eigenschauung

Eigen-schauung

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Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end