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.

Altschmerz

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Poggled

a person studying a book with a magnifying glass

Aulasy

a blurry image of a house on the road

Yeorie

a woman with tendrils of smoke moving across her face

Zielschmerz

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Semaphorism

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