Anyway. ~=what happens next? So the character ~ is a question of the undescribed future, asking for definition. !=whatdoesitsailupon, @=whatdoesitsailwithin. More questions. It is the turtle, or it = turtle. []=[Ocean of Lava]. So [] are a thing much like the turtle is a thing.
) is a how. A means. But it is also a thing, that being a flotation capable steel ship.