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Submitted to Contest #273
I was three hours into my drive when the landscape around me began to change. No longer was I framed by an arid, dry expanse that effortlessly spun miniature whirlwinds on either side of my moving car. I had finally reached “Dead Man’s Bluff,” a rather ominous name for the most beautiful headland in the Atellier region. From here, I could smell the rich, briny scent of that salt sea air, causing a wave of nostalgia to collide with my senses. I could faintly hear the waves crashing against the rocky headland. Seagulls swarmed along the cliff’...
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