Once upon a time, brudda, I went fishing off of Hilo for a whole night. We did well. Had two full stringers on each side of the boat full of good fish.
As the sun was starting to rise in the East, we headed back over the reef for the harbor. A Great White Shark picked up the fish smell as we went through the reef. He hit us about fifteen yards from shore. Stole all of the fish, bumped the boat with his 20 - 22 feet of killer body as a nice "Mahalo," and went back out to sea.
Just like what you say with the NVEI investment. The fish were gone, the boat was intact, we were alive. Sometimes we can be thankful that worse things don't happen. But to keep hoping and dreaming for something to float back in over the reef, never happen. That's why hard.
Aloha.