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THE RED TIDE

EVERYTHING THAT LIVES IN THE WATER IS A SPIRIT. The ocean is the spirit world from which life began and to which it returns after death.

When the spirits are angry the ocean bleeds. The life-giving tide becomes a poisonous red. The ocean ceases to nourish. Those who attempt to eat anything from the ocean will sicken and die. Fish and other newly dead lie in the sun to rot.

During a red tide, spirits leave the ocean. They remember how to be people. They remember how to act and dress. They remember who their friends and families were. They remember their murderers.