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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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