<image> As shown in the figure, in the cube $$ABCD-A_{1}B_{1}C_{1}D_{1}$$, points $$M$$ and $$N$$ are the midpoints of $$B_{1}C_{1}$$ and $$CC_{1}$$ respectively. The positional relationship between the line $$A_{1}M$$ and $$DN$$ is ______ $$. (Fill in “parallel”, “intersect” or “skew”)$$