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objective—
E — take the scrap
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left side — move · right side — look

ΣΚΙΑskia · the cave · first person

You have been seated in the dark since before memory, facing a wall. Behind you: a sound like fire. You have never turned around.

mouse look   W A S D move   SPACE jump   E take   1–4 answer
the sealed door · four sockets
The iron at your neck is older than you are — but iron is only iron.
hammer SPACE (or tap the screen fast) to strain against the shackle
the metal groans…
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outside · the blinding hour

The sun does not flicker. It does not sway. It asks one thing before it lets you see.

« It is born of light, and yet it is dark. »
« It copies every shape, and owns not one. »
« You knew it before you knew the world. »
What is it?
epilogue · or not yet
“…in the world of knowledge the idea of the good appears last of all, and is seen only with effort.” Plato · Republic, Book VII

the return
“Men would say of him that up he went and down he came without his eyes; and that it was better not even to think of ascending.” Plato · Republic, Book VII