The pirates didn't bury the treasure, they golemified it: put the map in its mouth and told it to walk the seafloor to the other side.
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The golem had a lot of time to think: Was it still a treasure when there was nobody to appreciate it? What would happen when it arrived?
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Along its way, it found much solitude, but also trawlers, sunken cities, the Kraken (fun guy!), more sessile treasures and once, love.
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A hermit treasure on the way won its heart (a large sapphire). But the order in its mouth proved stronger. When it left, the sapphire broke.
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