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Submitted to Contest #323
One look at the sky was enough for Maren to determine that it was still too early for the spirits to be out. Its smooth, cloudless expanse remained an endless black, almost as if the night air was stained with bitter squid ink. The full moon still hung lazily in the sky, as round as a pearl, watching over the still sea below it with the sort of calm it could only feel when it didn't fear being outshone by the sun. And yet, Maren couldn't stop his heart from drumming in his chest as he steered his tired boat to shore. He had been a sailor for...
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