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Forty-Seventh Theory [Voice]

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Um. About my brother's cat.

[Once that unpleasantness is over, Don will go sit up on the roof for a few hours, in the rain and in view of the river, meditating. He made contact with Sona last week at the hot springs, and is now trying to learn what she has to teach.]

[Later, inside, he'll open his journal and put a question to the village at large.]

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I've heard some people are trying to build ships. Are any of them likely to be seaworthy by the end of the summer?

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When you lower it into the water on one side, you will have to balance the other side if it's a small boat.

[Does he really have to say this? Really?]

[He's used to working on solid ground okay.]

That's why I need to know how big the boats are.

[Mr. Kennedy will now see sketches and numbers appearing in the margins, as Don works out weight ratios.]

[Five hundred pounds with two people in.] Where would you secure the rig so it doesn't rip anything out?

[The arithmetic ends with a scribble.]

And this is why I need someone who understands boats.

Edited 2011-07-18 16:50 (UTC)

[A slight sigh.]

A schooner would be large enough for you, but I don't think anyone has anything of that size. Probably Jack Sparrow's Joanna Joyce would be the closest.