originally written for a prompt.  Somehow looking up ship building made me link jump into reading about ship breaking...which led to numerous links about the poor working conditions, horrible environmental impact, etc...  I won't pretend to know anything about ship breaking aside from the fact that it's a ty job so just treat it as a rough backdrop...  That said, I am pretty content with the end result.

title is from The Owl and the Pussycat (sort of)