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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         #%†*-.....
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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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