Lisolia

a bookcase containing objects

Lisolia

n.
the satisfaction of things worn down by time—broken-in baseball mitts, the shiny snout of a lucky bronze pig, or footprints ground deep into floorboards by generations of kneeling monks.

Italian liso, worn down, threadbare + oliato, oiled. Pronounced “lih-soh-lee-uh.”

Allope

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Burn Upon Reentry

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Ludiosis

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Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Sayfish

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Liberosis

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