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Balete

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Amilias did so, and, lo! he fell in two halves; for the sword had cut sheer through the vaunted war-coat, and cleft in twain the great body incased within.

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The master, Mimer, sheathed his sword, and walked slowly down the hillside to the plain.

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I see you, I know you're here. Behind every tree. Behind every stone. Your love shields me.

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Be kind — so they said. As we are but shooting stars in the wind. A breath of life, a whisper in the mist. O for so long have I wanted for this.

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There will be text & There will be words. But there won't be any sound. Only the ones you wish for: those you hear in your heart. Those you feel in your soul.

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The rain dries. The tree grows. Deep roots — in the marsh. I hide in plain sight the secret knowledge to our heart. For you to be a witness to me up until the end.

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Long & Dark days are ahead. Fear not. We are together, hands in hands, until the end of the world. The walls may crack and the roofs may tear away. We are here to stay.

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I see you. There is still your smell in the house. I hear you calling me "my son" after a long trip in the woods. I remember every moment. Would you be proud now? Would you turn your face away?

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Balete is a typeface evoked by the eerie structure of the native balete tree, infamous in Philippine folklore for being a dwelling place of supernatural beings. Characterised by dangling roots which the hemiepiphytic species uses to strangle and eventually consume its host tree victim, the letterforms feature creeping, slender terminals that emerge from twisting stems, wrought from the illusion of fluid calligraphy without the presence of a single curved line.

With various spirits in local mythology said to inhabit its hollows, from faint apparitions to hefty chain-smoking giants, the type family consists of distinctly drawn Roman and Italic styles ranging from the hypnotic Thin to charismatic Black weights.

Just as its monstrous growth and enchanting tales quell humans from tearing down its old-growth roots, Balete is beguiling enough to tell hauntingly spellbinding stories and reside in compositions begging for a bit of mystique.