Aftergloom

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CHAPTER:
Faces in a Crowd
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CONCEPT:
Silience
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Tags:
Loneliness-Detachment
Space-Solitude
Shift-Movement

Aftergloom

n.
the pang of loneliness you feel the day after an intensely social event, as the glow of voices and laughter fades into a somber quiet.

From afterglow + gloom.

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