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Maria wiped her drenched brown hair from her eyes as she lay on the sand. Her entire body was soaked. Her bra and underwear had not been waterproof, and the swim to the unknown land had been torture. Maria looked to the water ahead of her, seeing the cruise ship still sinking. She couldn’t hear the cries of anyone from her distance, and wondered whether she was the only survivor. Maria had been sunbathing on the deck when the explosion happened. Maybe it was a kitchen or machinery malfunction, but Maria honestly didn’t care. She had heard the sirens blaring, heard the captain announce that the ship was sinking. In her panic, Maria had vaulted over the side of the ship while the other passengers scrambled around frantically. Maria had seen the land in the distance and used all of her energy to swim to it. She had lost all her strength and nearly drowned before she had made it to the beach. There were no signs of life anywhere, and the small, secluded beach was surrounded