Merrenness

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Merrenness

n.
the lulling isolation of driving late at night—floating through the void in an otherworldly hum, trailing red jewels in the darkness, your high beams sweeping back and forth like a lighthouse.

Hungarian merre, where? in which direction? Pronounced “mair-uhn-nis.”

Yeorie

a woman with tendrils of smoke moving across her face

Drisson

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Thrapt

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Querinous

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Aimonomia

close-up of a plant with lights glowing in background

Incidental Contact High

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