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...ALFRED PIERRE...
...MAY YOU REST EASY, LONG-LINERS...
...IN FAIR WINDS AND CALM SEAS.
FOR THOSE OF US LEFT BEHIND...
...THE UNMARKED GRAVE WHICH IS HOME FOR THOSE LOST AT SEA...
...IS OF NO CONSOLATION.
IT CAN'T BE VISITED.
THE ONLY PLACE WE CAN REVISIT THEM...
...IS IN OUR HEARTS OR IN OUR DREAMS.
THEY SAY SWORDBOATMEN SUFFER FROM A LACK OF DREAMS.
THAT'S WHAT BEGETS THEIR COURAGE.
WELL, WE'LL DREAM FOR YOU...
...BILLY...
...BOBBY...
...AND MURPH...
...BUGSY...
...SULLY...
...AND ALFRED PIERRE.
SLEEP WELL.
GOOD NIGHT.
I'LL BE ASLEEP...
...AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THERE HE IS.
THAT BIG SMILE.
YOU KNOW THAT SMILE.
BUT HE WON'T TELL ME.
HE JUST SMILES AND SAYS: "REMEMBER I'LL ALAYS LOVE YOU, CHRISTINA.
I LOVE YOU NOW, AND I'LL LOVE YOU FOREVER.
THERE'S NO GOODBYE.
ONLY LOVE."
AND THEN HE'S GONE.
BUT HE'S ALWAYS HAPPY WHEN HE GOES.
SO I KNOW HE'S GOTTA BE OKAY.
ABSOLUTELY OKAY.
I LOVE YOUR DREAM.
THE FOG'S JUST LIFTING.
YOU THROW OFF YOUR BOW LINE, THROW OFF YOUR STERN.
YOU HEAD OUT THE SOUTH CHANNEL...
...PAST ROCKY NECK, TEN POUND ISLAND...
...PAST NILES POND, WHERE I SKATED AS KID.
YOU BLOW YOUR HORN AND WAVE TO...
...THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER'S KID ON THATCHER ISLAND.
THEN THE BIRDS SHOW UP.
BLACK-BACKS AND HERRING GULLS...
...BIG DUMP DUCKS.
THE SUN HITS YOU.
YOU HEAD NORTH, OPEN UP TO 12.
YOU'RE STEAMING NOW.
THE GUYS ARE BUSY, YOU'RE IN CHARGE.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU'RE A DAMN SWORDBOAT CAPTAIN.
IS THERE ANYTHING BETTER IN THE WORLD?