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It comes only before, it comes only after. Rises only in darkness, but rises only in light. It is always the same, but is yet always different.
What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?
It flavors your food and divides the year up. What is it?
What goes through a door but never goes in and never comes out?
Something you carry while singing.
What do you purposefully put lots of in and on your body, but run away from when you encounter it outside?