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Men fear most what they cannot see.

— Henri Ducard ‧ Batman Begins

A small figure holding an amber lantern beneath a large horned shadow on a dark indigo wall.
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What cannot be seen leaves room for imagined threats to grow. The statement connects fear with uncertainty, suggesting that an absent view can be more disturbing than a clear one. Its brevity gives the unseen a power that comes from what the mind supplies for itself.

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