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“[Cpt. Smith] could not believe that the light […] he had the lifeboats rowing toward, despite morsing and the rockets overhead, had not responded.”

“Gibson stared through the lenses and [Titanic] appeared to be listing. […] ‘A ship is not going to fire rockets for nothing. […] There must be something wrong.’”

californian watching titanic sink: we’ve tried nothing and we’re out of options

i’m not sure if that was the intended effect by the author but i’ve found the mental image of his correction abt captain smith going down with titanic inexplicably hilarious:

‘[…] in fact, what is notable is Captain Smith not saying much of anything at all and then disappearing.’

go captain smith, give us nothing &c.