I have actually asked the Mother be patient a tad longer while I watch what is going on beneath my very feet and around me.

实际上我已经请求地球母亲再多一点耐心，我观察着我脚下和我周围所发生的一切。

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Hours later, I climbed up on the stern rail and watched the dark Atlantic slip beneath the hull. How easy it would be to let the water take me, I thought.

几个小时后，我爬上船尾的栏杆，看着船下滑过的黑暗的大西洋，心里想着，让海水吞噬自己是多么容易的事情。

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