Keeping
Keeping noun - Responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Obviously the balance between keeping things similar while still making it work is difficult to maintain, which often results in an Unpleasable Fanbase.
Source: It's the Same, Now It Sucks - Changed who have to maintain the Masquerade over the long term, keeping their true condition from friends and loved ones, often find it harder the longer they have to keep silent.
Source: Keeping Secrets Sucks - Deconstructed to a certain degree: Each identity requires time, effort, and money to maintain, and keeping them separate (and keeping people from realizing that they're the same person) is a lot of work!
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