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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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