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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. ,¤¤¤,¤¤,¤,
¤¤,¤,,,¤¤, ¤,,¤¤,¤¤¤,
,¤¤¤,,¤,¤¤ 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. ¤,,¤,,,,¤,
,¤,,¤¤,,,¤ ¤,¤¤,,,¤¤¤
¤¤,¤,¤,,¤, 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. ¤,¤,,¤¤¤,¤
¤,¤,¤,¤,¤¤ ¤¤¤,¤,,¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤,, i examined the ridge, the treeline ,,¤¤¤,¤,,,
,,,,,,,¤,¤ above. was this what you saw opposite, ,¤,,¤¤¤,,¤
,,,,,,¤¤¤¤ from those other shores? i couldn't ¤¤,¤,,¤,¤¤
,,,,,¤,,,¤ remember. ,¤¤¤,¤¤¤,¤
,,,,¤¤,,¤¤ ¤,,¤¤,,¤¤¤
,,,¤,¤,¤,¤ 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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