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.^=†*&¤¶@# ok at this point i am ready to believe.  #@¶¤&*†=^.
...^^=††&¤ it would be so easy to let go and start  ¤&††=^^...
.^=†*&¶@## to take in water. the boat would be      ##@¶&*†=^.
.^=†*&¤@## submerged in minutes, a small list at    ##@¤&*†=^.
.^=====†&¶ first but once enough sea has poured     ¶&†=====^.
.^=†*&¤¶@# in, it would be quick. the boat on its   #@¶¤&*†=^.
....^†*&&¶ way to the bottom. rope and bins         ¶&&*†^....
.^=†*&¤¶@# floating.                                #@¶¤&*†=^.
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.^=†*&¤¶@# anyway - i'm fairly certain that the     #@¶¤&*†=^.
.^=†*&¤¶@# spots move. they're insects or           #@¶¤&*†=^.
.^=†*&¤¶@# something. when i'm not looking, they    #@¶¤&*†=^.
.^=†*&¤¤¶@ shift, they crawl, they grow and         @¶¤¤&*†=^.
.^=†*&¤@## shrink. they congregate                  ##@¤&*†=^.
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.^=††††*&¶ (i'm thinking, i should get a tattoo     ¶&*††††=^.
.^=†*&¤¶@# gun, draw circles around them. to show   #@¶¤&*†=^.
.^=†*&¤¶@# that they do indeed migrate across the   #@¶¤&*†=^.
.^=†*&¤¤¤¤ skin. (or, the circles would trap them,  ¤¤¤¤&*†=^.
.^=†*&¤¶@# like salt))                              #@¶¤&*†=^.
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