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By Jack Joseph Smith

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The noise of engines and dockside clowning pushes Jaugeline inward, where departure becomes less a logistics event than the threshold of a dream she wants the voyage to justify.

Animal and Jiven Joe remain loud and social, but Jaugeline's consciousness begins to detach from the crowd. The result is a page where outer machinery and inner softness coexist uneasily just before the ship truly moves.

Claude

Engine noise and dockside clowning push Jaugeline inward, where departure becomes less a leaving than a private reckoning. The page is hers.