Approach a figure on the shore

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From: The Perigee of Silver

He is standing alone, silhouette lit by the Imposter Moon.

Unlocked with Associating with a Youthful Naturalist exactly 160

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[...] When you touch his shoulder, it's all wet. His clothes are soaked.

[...]

Your palm is red when you pull it away. You see something protruding from his spine. The Stone Tentacle-Key is lodged between the vertebrae at the base of his neck.

•  Click. Click. Click. (Sets Associating with a Youthful Naturalist to 165)
•  You've gained 1 x Emetic Revelation
•  You've gained 3 x Extraordinary Implication
• The miners are stained with sweat and reef-dust from their labours. They require time to rest; to recuperate. (Resets Miners' Preparations to 0)
• Scintillack rattles by rail and pulley towards the maw of the Iron & Misery Co. Clarifying Station. (Resets Iron & Misery Scintillack Extraction to 0)
• The lamp-cats yawn and lounge, their repose at hand. (Resets Receptivity of the Lamp-Cats to 0)
• Some lamp-cats disappear into the zee. Others slink from the waters to take their place. (Resets Feline Argentation to 0)
• Back to the safety of port, until the tide recedes once more. (Resets Tides of Port Cecil: to 0)
•  A scintillack cluster shimmers and fades; in the coral mind of the Principles, a neuron winks out. Dissolution inches closer. (Increases Scintillack Dreaming by 1)