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..^=^=&¤£# to take in water. the boat would be      #£¤&=^=^..
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..^=^=&¤£# 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,  =^=^......
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