A year later, Marseille and Saint Vito signed a new agreement covering cross-port business and emergency rescues.In all that time, I never once returned to Saint Vito.After Marseille dealt with the original 43 cases, more than 200 agreements came up for renewal under the new rules. Most were renewed with clear approval from everyone involved. Some ended. Plenty of people complained that they could no longer get things done with a favor and a handshake.But not one agreement continued because someone assumed the guarantor probably wouldn't mind.My left shoulder healed completely. The gash in my palm left behind a thin silver scar. It still itched sometimes when the weather turned damp, but it never stopped me from working.An old injury doesn't disappear just because it heals. And I would never use my recovery as proof that what happened to me that night hadn't been dangerous.A year after Blackwater Docks, I passed through the same port again as Marseille's chief consultant.The fog
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