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"Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing in the scientific world"

Trenton shrugged "Yeah, but ant to h our departazine cooing to pop up around Craigstown like ticks in the su "Thanks for that thought"

Trenton laughed and rifled through the bucket, still in Jonah’s hand

"What are you doing here, by the way?"

Dani shrugged "Felt like a drive down memory lane"

Jonah’s eyes sharpened, and Dani knew he hadn’t bought it

Trenton looked up "Huh?"

"This used to be Jake and Dani’s spot"

"Oh" Trenton gri public from now on"

No doubt

"So, what’s so special about these ht as well knohat the sacrifice was for If it hile

Trenton flashed another blinding grin, and Dani re, but he re Jonah do the explanation

"There’s a few different benefits from this find" Jonah started out, and Dani realized how truly excited he was He really did love this river "The first is that this est bed of e for Falls River because itthe dam blocks up the water’s travel The more mussels, the healthier the water systerey pearl inside The financial rey pearl"

It was a bit astounding how one piece of shell could ensure a river’s safety Dani lifted one of the usting" Its shell was sli off the side of it

Jonah and Trenton laughed

Trenton piped up, "That’s its decoy for fish Fish bite onto it, thinking they’re about to have a lochidia are released inside, and voila, the mussel just landed itself a plane ride for its little babies The felochidia stuff The fish carries it downstream until they drop and forars"

"Nah--they’re just another part of nature" Jonah stood up and kicked off his diving fins "Nature’s pretty dalanced up, a little startled at the veheood ol’ boy who drew the ladies in like bees to honey She’d heard of his ruthlessness in business dealings, but she’d never seen hi just underneath the bitterness<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>