Fortunately as far as I could see, no one was washed away then, but later on it was quite apparent in the aftermath that there were so many others washed away to a watery grave in the deep blue sea.

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His pale-blue eyes looked watery from exhaustion, the skin of his nose polished as if by a sunburn.

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