Chapter 7
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“Did you see that clearly?”
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“Give it one more try.”
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“Nn!”
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“You’re the boss!”
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“Hehe∼”
Page 7
“Meir, stay here a bit.”
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“Wait—”
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“Dad!”
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whoosh--… whoosh--… whoosh--…
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splash
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“Meir, jump in too!”
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“But—”
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“Enough talking, get in and you’ll see.”
Page 13
“Was that a ghost manta ray? I never thought they could grow that huge…”
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“Yeah, that was also my first time seeing it first-hand.”
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“Do you know, There are various myths
about manta rays from around the world,”
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“They usually assume the role of protectors or navigators,
but, interestingly, they also often appear
to solve the predicament of the story.”
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“The predicament of the story?”
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“Although rays are huge, they’re wafer-thin when seen from the side, right?
Which means, they can visually appear in two different states.”
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“Some scholars think this is very similar to a computer’s binary system,”
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“A computer’s operation might be complex,
but it’s actually just a result of endless
permutations of 1s and 0s.”
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1s and 0s…
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“Whether they're polar opposites of the Earth, settlements or nationalities without connections whatsoever,"
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"or even civilizations a millennia apart; there might be unexpected resemblances between them..”
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“And that’s your job? Seeking out similarities among faraway places…”
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“Hmm— you could say that. yea?”
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“You’re gonna go to Long Island in a few days, right?
Can I tag along this time?”
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“I’m not going there to play, you should know that, no?”
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“I wanna help out too…”
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“Quietly blending into the environment to
record the tribe’s life is a very tough job, you know.
Getting dirty and hungry all day,
be careless and you’ll
catch a disease, or get bitten by various strange bugs…”
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“So, wait till after I get back and I’ll tell you the
whole story of what happened,
not a single detail skipped. How ‘bout that?”
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“Nn…”
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“Ah! A bite! We got a bite!”