Hailbound

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Faces in a Crowd
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CONCEPT:
Sonder
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Hailbound

adj.
mysteriously compelled to wave to passing strangers on a country road, a mountain path, or a remote stretch of water.

From hail, to greet + bound, being obliged.

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