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Ninety Fathoms to Anywhere
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They argued until they were both worn out. Finally Iyla said, "Fine. We do both. We dive, find what Dad hid, and if it can help the ridge, we give it away." Sefu blinked, surprised. "You'd really do that?" "For once, let's not fight," she said. They started lowering the bell together.
Down in the vault they found the seeds, and they kept their promise. Every jar went to the ridge, no payment asked. The families wept and planted. By the next storm season there was bread again. Iyla and Sefu had argued their whole lives, but they'd finally built something neither could have alone.
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