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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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