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The Sea's Edge

//Disclaimer, this is a spooky story for Halloween. Please check the tags for possible triggers// ----------------- Every sailor has tried to “conquer” the Sea’s Edge. To go beyond the line and see what's out there that the rest has refused to chart. How do I know? I was once that very same fool. It was the early days of my sailing career and I was, admittedly, a piece of shit. “It’s a hoax,” I would say “a tall tale used to scare us young folk into falling in line. I could sail it. You’re all just cowards!” And so on. Eventually my old captain got tired of my shit and finally entertained my claims. We were sailing close to it anyways and after our lunch, she drew the ship closer than she would normally let. “You’ll know it by looking at the waves,” she said with no further explanation. So I watched them. And I’ll admit, I was excited to see what about the waters made all explorers turn back, human and skayven alike. I began expecting a line of grand waves so big the ocean