User blog comment:Tommy,Klaus&Kol2012+/A theory about the empty guardian/@comment-3045936-20181213215633/@comment-3045936-20181214002023

I believe the Shadow is a conditional entity that only “exists” when a distort happens in or in regard to the Empty. So while it sleeps it doesn’t “exist” in the way we understand. As to also explain why being awake causes the entity mental instability. Nothingness existing would be a paradox.