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The Speech of the Water, and the Ports That Are Safe
The quays on both sides of the Narrow Sea speak a trade jargon that belongs to neither shore. It is small, it is precise where it needs to be, and it is deliberately useless for anything but business. The words for cargo, tide, depth, rate, bond and the parts of a hull are fixed, and are the same at Dover, at Blanchefleur, at Aubemer. The words for anything else are not in it.
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