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â€Å"OK, cut the deck.† Codee’s mother said as she slid the cards to him. He stifled a sigh. Tarot readings had always seemed a ludicrous act to him, but he felt his mother’s tarot readings had an especially ludicrous quality to them. He had no issue with humouring her, but he found it hard to take her seriously. It wasn’t just the fact that she was obviously stoned: the hoppy smell of weed was discernible through the smell of incense, and Mother’s eyeballs were lined with a warm, blood-red glow. But more than that, what made it really difficult for Codee to take her seriously was the fact that, sitting opposite him at the small table, she painted a perfect picture of every cliche of a gypsy fortune teller. Her locks of hair, falling to her†¦show more content†¦Her little baby was going out to sea with big brother Dane, and she was going to do whatever she could to stop that from happening. Never mind the fact her little baby was a grown m an of twenty-four years, and therefore more than capable of making his own decisions. Never mind the fact that big brother Dane was an incredibly experienced skipper and had never lost a crewman. Mum didn’t understand the way a tuna tow works, the way diving or working on a boat works, and so she assumed the worst. Having said that, though, Codee knew he didn’t understand any of it either. He’d done plenty of diving, sure, but that had only been for fun. This was going to be a genuine hard slog. Dane had made that fact abundantly clear when Codee had called him out of the blue a month ago. He’d made that clear alright, but very little else. And so Codee knew next to nothing about what he was getting himself into. But he didn’t fear it, not like his mother clearly did. 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