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i have nothing appropriate to say

me: i'm sorry for what you'll have to go through. i had brought the dark place here with me. i never had gotten out. maybe after this i finally could. it's a fool's hope. i had no choice, i had to do it. we need to try to save everyone. it must end here. this darkness. what lies under the surface now shifts. a white searing truth that, for a flash, pierces the shadows and reveals the hidden horror. and in that moment of silence, the whispered message, finally heard. what if there is nothing waiting to be revealed? the play of shadows fooled us all. subterfuge to get our price of admission. darkness not as a monster, but as emptiness. we are none the wiser. no answers. no truths. the hero turns to look inside. is destroyed by what he sees, and is redeemed. i pray nothing comes after this. nothing but sleep. i had to mislead you, so that i could get you to where you needed to be. the only way out of your loop is destruction or ascension. light or dark. and we've covered the destruction part, many times over. we're getting to the ascension bit by bit. time means nothing here. you'll still need to go through the loop. but i will keep showing you the images you need to see, the light you need to see, until you're ready. alan, i think you're getting close. it's not a loop. it's a spiral.