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Today, the bench asks

Sailors bless me and dread me both. I hold their whole ship still against the pull of the entire sea — yet I work only by falling, never by standing. What am I?

Nº 100 · The One Hundredth Sitting · A One-Liner
The Oath — how sure are you?

Whisper is safe. State wins +1. Swear wins +3 — or ruins you.

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