Other times, the money goes to 501(c)(4) organizations, groups with occasionally shadowy aspects to them that are supposed to refrain from direct advocacy for candidates but in fact clearly push voters in one direction or the other.
They feel seen for their positive attributes and know that despite their dark shadowy aspects, they are loved anyway.
As those of us who are veterans in the arena of relationships have come to learn, even relationships that begin in heaven can and often do in time expose shadowy aspects of each partner.
Extraordinary rendition the covert extrajudicial arrest, transportation and interrogation of suspected terrorists in the years following 9/11 remains one of the more shadowy aspects of the often opaque "war on terror".
She's pretty shadowy, the business aspect is what she finds enticing, and she plays it close to the vest.
What does this shadowy legend look like?
It is that remembered aspect of ourselves, that shadowy other life, that Andre Aciman's new book so piercingly addresses.
In fact, the shadowy orange lighting was the only mystical aspect of his office.
Not to be outdone, Soner Cagaptay warns: "All signs point to Fethullah Gülen, whose shadowy Islamist movement is rapidly extending its tentacles into all aspects of Turkish political life".
They are aware of aspects of the world that are a little bit shadowy and they choose not to engage with them.
There's a story hinted at too, with shadowy figures appearing at two junctures of my session but like Monument Valley, that aspect of the game probably won't be clear until its credits roll.
