From down here, recovery looks like a stubborn, slow-motion dance. It's not just colourful fish returning, but the *meesai*—the silent, hard work of the corals themselves, laying down their limestone bones season after season. Some reefs bounce back because the current still brings them the right *saapadu*, and because the fishermen here, like my uncle, remember to treat them like a temple grove. Others... they are like my old bicycle bell, rusted into a shape that no longer rings.
I've seen a reef near Chidiyatapu come back strong where the tourists only look and don't touch, while another near a 'developed' beach stays a ghost town. Why do we think our noise and hurry help anything grow?
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