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Yanka Costa looked at the new ocean, calm and blue and forgetful. She flexed her left hand—slowly, perfectly—and pointed to the highest peak of the mountain, where she could see the thin, pale trails of smoke rising from her people's camp. She didn't need to look at the sky
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