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¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ there was this place that for two years .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ i couldn't go to. regardless how much .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ discussed with others, or pointed out .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ on maps, i could not think of it when .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ alone. i would often travel past the .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ fork, where a right turn would surely .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ take me there, but even then, something .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ kept me away. .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
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¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ when i finally got there, after some .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ heavy subconscious battle i must .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ assume, the place was surreal. an .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ esker, like a needle-thin rift out in .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ the lake, but ten meters high and .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ adorned in birch, willow, bracken, and .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ blueberries. .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
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¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ walking atop that spine, i came to .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ notice the view to either side. there .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ should be shores, of course, but i .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ didn't recognize them. first off, they .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ were much too close, as the lake should .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ stretch for a hundred meters more on .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ both sides. but now i felt i could .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ almost reach out and touch them. and .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ then, when i realized which shores they .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ were, i had to stop. .¤..¤..¤.¤
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¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ they were of the right lake. but this .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ lake is large, fractured, and .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ bipartite. like a pair of lungs carved .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ into the granite, and with no less than .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ five communities anchored at various .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ points. and so, studying these .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ impossibly close shores, i slowly .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ understood them as belonging many miles .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ away. .¤..¤..¤.¤
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¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ i examined the ridge, the treeline .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ above. was this what you saw opposite, .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ from those other shores? i couldn't .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ remember. .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
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¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ carrying forward, on the very tip of .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ the esker, i found the ruins of some .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ old building. there were overgrown .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ marble staircases, stone floors beneath .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ the moss, and strange slabs inserted .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ into the slope like dams against the .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ ground itself. .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
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¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ sitting there, i could see across the .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ narrowed lake my entire path to where i .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ sat: from the stairwell of my house, .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ through the old woods behind the tile .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ factory, the bridge over route .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ twenty three and then back under it, .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ through the fancy villas, over the .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ fields, and then that right turn at the .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ fork. .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
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¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ and then the stairs up on the ridge. .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ thinking back, this was probably it. .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ hidden in a grove, there were stairs .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ much like the ones i currently sat on, .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ old and worn down, that lead you up .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ onto the esker. the point of entry. had .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ i insted opted to walk the path at its .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ foot, i'm sure my experience would've .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ been different indeed. .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
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¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ on the lake, there were people in .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ boats. i wondered, could they even see .¤..¤..¤.¤
¤..¤.¤.¤.¤ me? if i shouted, would they turn to .¤.¤¤.¤¤..
¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤ stare right through me? .¤..¤..¤.¤
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