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CHAPTER 24: THE PIER 6
Author: MINSLY
last update2026-07-09 01:55:13

Pier 6 smells like brine and paperwork.

Bosun Reeve is around fifty years old, he is bald, and has fingers stained black from years of marking crates. He holds a tar brush like a scepter.

SALT. SALT. SALT.

Each letter is neat, practiced and innocent in looks, but the crate in front of him says otherwise about his innocent looks.

The crate in front of him isn’t. It’s sweating.

He was so busy that he didn't notice the boy heading towards him.

Walls never notice the cracks until the water’s al
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