I am always with you in the night. I flee from the smallest light. I am not evil — I am simply the absence of something. What am I?

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Accepted Answer

Darkness. Darkness is simply the absence of light. It accompanies the night universally and disappears at the first source of light.

"I am always with you in the night. I flee from the smallest light. I am not evil — I am simply the absence of something. What am I?"