Spy Tugs
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The first sliver of dawn was just a pale scratch on the horizon as the old wooden boat, the Spy Tug, creaked against its moorings. A low, persistent fog clung to the water's surface, muffling the world in a blanket of eerie silence. Captain Elias moved with a practiced, quiet grace, his gnarled hands checking lines that were slick with a cool, predawn dew. He could feel the subtle shift in the current, a secret language the river spoke only to those who knew how to listen. The air was thick with the smell of wet rope, aged timber, and the faint, briny promise of the distant sea. With a final, soft grunt, he started the engine, a low rumble that seemed to be absorbed by the fog itself. The vessel slid away from the dock, its peeling paint and weathered frame looking like a ghost ship emerging from a dream. They moved past sleeping villages where not a single light yet flickered in the windows. Elias’s eyes, sharp and knowing, scanned the grey water for the telltale signs he needed, the gentle swirls that betrayed the hidden channels. This was the truest peace, a solitary communion with the elements on a boat that held more secrets than any man.
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