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She glanced at the water in the vial

“It looks clear,” she said

She capped the vial and placed it in a stainless steel box with a rubber seal, which she wrenched down tight She put the towel in acontainer

Gaazed into the waters down below the way people e of a dock A few feet out the water looked normal But they’d flown over two miles of discolored ocean since the dolphins scattered It made no sense

“They’re not on the surface,” Ga straight down, but at any kind of an angle all we can make out is seawater”

Fro just below You’ll have to get a deeper saht down to the—”

“Let’s not do that,” Leilani said “Please What if we hit the water or so?”

She was in theover the side but protected by the wall She looked rather green

“I’ his usual acco self

He laid down flat on the deck, his head and shoulders over the edge He stretched out, using his long ar a second sample vial in as far as he could

Marchetti edged closer Gamay did the same

Paul pulled the sample out It also looked clear He dumped it out and tried to stretch even farther

Leilani began protesting “I don’t know about this,” shethose things on board?”

Kurt had said she was unstable Now Ga ho to come with them and suddenly filled with fear

“Soot to do it,” Gamay said