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Weekly Contest #75
It was a funny thing, being a saltwater fisherman who’s afraid of the sea. On Landlock Island, somewhere in the Pacific, a population of pleasant people woke up every morning to the crashing of waves and the sound of crying babies. From the moment they were born, the inhabitants of this island had a hatred of water as deep as the ocean itself. Their fear rose with the tides; their hearts pruned just like their fingers and toes whenever they had to spend any amount of time in the water. Landlock Island was their own personal hell, but how co...
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