There was an ocean above us, held in by a thin sac that might rupture and let down a flood at any second.
My brother William is a fisherman, and he tells me that when he is in the middle of a fogboundsea the water is a color for which there is no name.
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My brother William is a fisherman, and he tells me that when he is in the middle of a fogboundsea the water is a color for which there is no name.
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