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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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