Chapter 120 - 120: Plans For Southern Bauxi Town

By the time Oskar reached Southern Bauxi Town properly—after sharks, insects, mud, and the humiliating realization that this coastline had been designed by God specifically to punish human beings—the harbor was already alive with noise.

Four ships lay offshore in the gray-green water like dark animals waiting their turn.

Only two could fit the crude new docks at once. The harbor was still young—timber piers driven hard into wet ground, temporary bollards bolted down with optimism rather than certainty, cranes assembled from steel frames and pulley blocks that groaned whenever they were asked to lift something heavier than theory. Everything smelled of fresh-cut wood, wet rope, salt, oil, and rain.

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