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At their size, even the river's milder moments of choppiness would be like a terriblestorm at sea. That's how they got to theAmericas in the first place. He dropped the tube into his pocket andturned away from the rim of the leaf. He had not spent his young life studying fatality in allits variations for nothing.

But there could be nosimulation of life so faultless. -------------------------AfterwordHe found himself on a beach, face down in pale sand. He had believed he had hiredtough- minded types. txtto hear these thoughts.