Part 72: Accident
Our exploration of the ship had yielded no traces of human presence, leading us to the conclusion that the vessel stood as a silent sentinel, devoid of inhabitants. With our decision to depart the ship, we turned our attention to the means that had carried us across the water – our water boat, tied securely to the ship's anchor.
As we approached the location where our boat should have remained, a sense of unease began to creep in. The scene that greeted us was one of unexpected devastation. Our boat lay before us, shattered and fragmented, its once-cohesive form now broken into scattered pieces. The boat, which had been our lifeline and our mode of transport, had met an unfortunate fate.