Seawater
Jul 10th, 2024 by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
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“Ed, I can’t go on.”
“What do you mean, Mel?”
“The water… I can take seawater.”
“Mel, snap out of it. We’re in the middle of the desert. We’re dying of thirst.”
“No water?… You mean that isn’t the ocean right over there?”
“No, it’s the desert. Just sand and more endless sand.”
“No giant waves, huh?”
“Mel, you’re hallucinating. You’re delirious.”
The sun beat down. Its photons were brutal. The high energy particles must have penetrated Mel’s skull.
“No seaweed? No ocean?”
“No, Mel.”
“Thank God… You know, Ed, I always get a little nauseous when I swallow seawater.”
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