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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.                                ...~\=@#@#
@#@=\~....                                          ....~\=@#@
#@=\~..... 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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