Dancing Tides (8 page)

A
nd tod
a
y
, t
h
er
e
we
r
e
r
u
mo
r
s sti
rr
ing
up the
m
a
s
s
e
s
a
bout some
big
w
ig
c
o
r
po
ra
tion
wa
nting
to b
u
y
out
a
ll t
h
e
ind
e
p
e
nd
e
nt
f
is
h
er
m
e
n
in the
area
.
I
n the
w
a
y
of
sm
a
ll to
w
ns the
g
ossip imp
ac
t
e
d
a
ll of
th
e
m in one
w
a
y
or
a
noth
e
r
.
E
v
e
r
y
one
m
i
g
ht
’
ve
fe
lt
the
p
re
ssu
r
e
o
f su
r
viving
in the
poor
e
c
o
nomic
tim
e
s, but some
s
a
w
it
a
s
a
noth
e
r
g
r
ee
d
y
c
o
r
po
ra
tion
g
oing
af
t
e
r the
little
g
u
y
—
a
nd one
o
f
th
e
ir
o
w
n.

Some
c
omp
are
d the
pl
i
ght of
the
f
ish
er
m
a
n to the
b
e
l
e
a
g
u
e
re
d
A
m
e
r
i
ca
n
f
ar
m
e
r
w
h
e
n th
e
y
w
er
e
c
lose
to
f
in
a
n
c
i
a
l
r
uin.
T
he
to
w
nsp
e
ople
wer
e
on the
si
d
e
of
the
l
o
ca
l
f
ish
er
m
e
n
w
h
e
th
e
r
it
wa
s the
p
r
o
fe
s
sion
a
l m
a
n
w
ho m
a
de
his
living
on the
wa
t
e
r
, or
t
h
e
g
u
y
w
ho
f
ish
e
d
f
o
r pl
ea
su
re
, the
l
o
ca
ls
wa
n
t
e
d the
big
w
ig
outsid
e
r
s to k
ee
p out
a
nd st
a
y
out
o
f
P
e
li
ca
n Point
e
.

P
r
o
g
r
e
ss be
d
a
mn
e
d.

B
ut
r
e
g
ar
dl
e
ss of
the
st
re
ss
a
nd the
mood inside
M
c
C
rea
d
y
’
s, t
h
e
b
ac
k
r
o
om
w
h
er
e
the pool t
a
bl
e
s stood h
a
d
a
n
ov
erf
low
c
r
o
w
d.
T
hose
t
h
a
t
were
n
’
t
p
l
a
y
i
n
g
a
g
a
me
wer
e
wa
t
c
hi
n
g
,
e
ith
e
r
a
ppl
a
udi
n
g
shots,
or
m
a
king
d
er
o
g
a
to
r
y
c
o
mm
e
nts.
I
t didn
’
t m
a
tt
e
r
w
hi
c
h b
e
c
a
use
in the
e
nd the
pl
a
y
er
s
a
nd
wa
t
c
h
er
s
a
like
c
h
a
lk
e
d it up to
f
o
r
g
e
tting
t
h
e
ir
t
r
oubl
e
s
f
or
a
f
e
w
m
ea
s
l
y hou
r
s
e
no
u
g
h to be
so
c
i
a
bl
e
.

Co
r
d
B
e
n
n
e
tt didn
’
t
g
ive
a
shit
a
bout b
e
ing
s
o
c
i
a
l.

H
is h
e
i
g
ht
a
lone
ca
u
s
e
d
mo
r
e
th
a
n a
f
e
w
to t
a
ke
a
s
ec
ond look b
e
c
a
use
he
c
ut
a
n imposing
f
i
g
u
re
.
F
e
w
w
e
r
e
stupid
e
no
u
g
h to t
a
ke
him on in a
f
i
g
ht.
E
v
e
n
t
hose
who
we
r
e
slosh
e
d
a
nd looking
f
o
r
t
r
ouble
u
su
a
l
l
y
d
e
c
id
e
d on the
sp
o
t to
re-e
v
a
l
u
a
te
the
situ
a
tion
a
nd move
on.

B
e
c
a
use
w
h
e
n Co
r
d
g
ot
h
a
mm
ere
d, th
e
y
’
d b
e
tt
e
r
wa
lk
aw
a
y
o
r
su
f
f
e
r
the
c
ons
e
qu
e
n
ce
s.

T
h
e
n th
er
e
we
r
e
the
t
a
tt
o
os.
O
ne
ar
m bo
r
e
his bl
a
c
k
a
nd
re
d
a
r
m
y
ra
n
g
e
r
b
a
nd d
e
si
g
n
a
ti
n
g
his unit,
ca
p
p
e
d o
f
f
w
ith a
skull
a
nd
cr
ossbon
e
s.
T
he
oth
e
r
ar
m
spo
r
t
e
d a
sn
ar
li
n
g
, bl
ac
k d
r
a
g
on.