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Though these wondrous creatures don’t actually exist, they were very much alive and tangible on the set of A24’s “The Legend of Ochi,” filmmaker Isaiah Saxon’s debut feature, in theaters Friday.

Based on Larson’s research, he writes his nonfiction like a novel, chockablock full of weird and wondrous details of Chicago at the fin de siècle.

But the whole book is a wondrous exploration of the extremities of existence.

In other words, the magic of all those wondrous plate appearances in October have at least temporarily disappeared.

Great players come back from serious knee injuries every season, and she’s just 19, meaning this would probably be merely an interruption in what still portends to be a long and wondrous career.