T0 the little remora presently circling @audaciousC-0-0-nfident \/\/\/\/ith y-o-o-ur limp scraps -0-0-f b-0-0-rr-0-0-\/\/\/\/ed bra\/\/ad-0-0-: y-0-0-u are not c0urting her. Y-o-o-u are not rescuing her. Y0u are n0t -o-o-ffering s0me grander tide than the one she has already chosen t-0-0- stand in. Ye are treatin' her \/\/\/\/it' th' same le\/\/el -0-0-' care, c-o-o-ncern, an' affecti-o-o-n as a hermit crab d0es an-0-0-ther's shell. "I could li\/\/e in there and be happier!" Yet, ye dunnae speak to her. Ye just stir shit, because that's all y-0-0-u kn-o-o-\/\/\/\/ h-0-0-\/\/\/\/ t'd-0-0-. \/\/\/\/hat \/\/\/\/ould ye kn0\/\/\/\/ -o-o-' me, hrm? \/\/\/\/hat d0 ye kn0\/\/\/\/ 0' her? Clearly, yer naut some-0-0-ne she kn0\/\/\/\/s. Because e\/\/ery tr-o-o-ll that kn0\/\/\/\/s her treats her \/\/\/\/it' th'respect she's earned. R-o-o-rian deser\/\/es many things. H0nesty. De\/\/-o-o-ti0n. A hand that d-o-o-es n-0-0-t tremble \/\/\/\/hen it reaches f-o-o-r hers. A name attached t-0-0- the m0uth making pr-o-o-mises. Y0u ha\/\/e supplied n-0-0-ne -0-0-f these. You ha\/\/e supplied only an-0-0-nym-0-0-us ink, cheap en\/\/y, and the staggering assumpti0n that a hidden \/\/\/\/0rm may c-0-0-mpare itself t-0-0- a captain. As f0r “that -o-o-ld sail-0-0-r.” Fossils are \/\/\/\/hat remain after s-o-o-fter things r-0-0-t a\/\/\/\/ay. Remember that bef-0-0-re y-o-o-u speak of age, danger, -o-o-r \/\/\/\/hat y-o-o-u imagine y-0-0-urself capable -o-o-f gi\/\/ing her. S-0-0-me relics are preser\/\/ed because the \/\/\/\/orld could n-0-0-t break them. M'depths are as dark and \/\/\/\/retched as can be. I ain't -0-0-ne t'hide the truth. I'\/\/e sp-o-o-ken plenty. C-o-o-ntinue, if y-o-o-u must. Send an-o-o-ther n-0-0-te. Flatter yourself \/\/\/\/ith the fantasy that secrecy makes y-o-o-u safe. But understand this: e\/\/ery b-0-0-ttle t0ssed int-o-o- my sea finds a shore. E\/\/ery little message has a current. E\/\/ery an-o-o-nym-o-o-us admirer e\/\/entually learns that there is n0 such thing as sh0uting fr0m beneath a mask \/\/\/\/hen the \/\/\/\/a\/\/es themsel\/\/es kn-0-0-\/\/\/\/ y-o-o-ur \/\/0ice. Keep circling, little fish. Y-o-o-u are n-o-o-thin' but a sca\/\/enger. B-o-o-tt-o-o-m feeder. \/\/\/\/asteful. N-o-o-thin'. Or, again. Ye can pr-o-o-\/\/e me \/\/\/\/r-o-o-ng. Profess yer l-o-o-\/\/e. \/\/\/\/in her -o-o-'er. Pr-0-0-\/\/e y0u're somethin' m-0-0-re than just an agitator. This'll b'th'last time I ackno\/\/\/\/ledge ye until ye sh-o-o-\/\/\/\/ yer face.