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Chapter II
Low Tide
The harbour kept its own time. Long after the bell foundry had gone quiet and the salt carts were stabled, the water went on counting — in and out, in and out, patient as a ledger that never balanced.
Mara waited where the tide had left its line.
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Revise
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Publish
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Three views, one tree.
Binder, Corkboard, and Outline are the same structure seen three ways. Cards and targets travel with it.
Binder
▾ Manuscript
I. The Harbor
II. Low Tide
III. The Ledger
IV. Saltworks
▸ Research
Corkboard
Mara comes home.
The missing page.
A name struck out.
The foreman lies.
Outline view
Research, inside the writing
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How research works →Grounded answer
You asked
When did the saltworks change hands?
The lease passed to the Veldt family in the spring of 1887, after the harbour court voided the prior claim.
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The Salt Road
II. Low Tide — open in the editor
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~/Books/Salt-Road/
02-low-tide
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