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“Maybe they could naested “The Quivaros-A’kona-Halverson effect QAH for short”

“Notice how she put herself up front,” Kimo said to Halverson

“Ladies first,” she said with a nod and a smile

Halverson laughed and adjusted his hat

“While you guys figure that out, I’ll get started on the -fish tacos?”

Thalia looked at hiht”

“Lines are e today”

Kiht about that The farther they sailed into the cold zone, the less sea life they’d found It was like the ocean was turning barren and cold “Sounds better than canned goods,” he said

Thalia nodded, and Halverson ducked into the cabin to whip theazed off to the west

The sun had finally dropped below the horizon, and the sky was fading to an indigo hue with a line of blazing orange just above the water The air was soft and hurees It was a perfect evening, made evenunique

They had no idea as causing it, but the te havoc with the weather across the region So far, there’d been little rain across southern and western India at a ti

Concern was spreading as a billion people aiting for the seasonal downpours to bring the rice and wheat crops to life Fro Meht harvest had sparked talk of fae soon

While Kimo realized there was little he could do about it, he hoped they were close to deterested they were on the right track They would check the readings again in an hour, a few miles to the west In the meantime, dinner called

Kimo reeled the sensor back in As he pulled it froht his eye He squinted A hundred yards off, a strange black sheen was spreading across the ocean surface like a shadow

“Check this out,” he said to Thalia