Attriage

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Attriage

n.
the state of having lost all control over how you feel about someone— not even trying to quench the flames anymore, but lighting other fires around your head just hoping to contain the damage.

From atria, the chambers of the heart + triage, the sorting of patients in hospital admissions, factoring in the urgency of their illness or injury. Pronounced “at-ree-ahzh.”

Etherness

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Heartworm

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Querinous

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Foilsick

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Sitheless

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Immerensis

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Dorgone

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Attriage

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Fata Organa

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Hanker Sore

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Ochisia

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Mottleheaded

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Los Vidados

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Flashover

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Waldosia

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Lookaback

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Lackout

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Feresy

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Gaudia Civis

a close-up of a gear

Elsing

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Anaphasia

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Starlorn

snow flakes in the dark

Heartmoor

a campfire with a kettle many small logs

Aftergloom

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Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Anti-Aliasing

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