they were seven in number and emerged from the ocean with the lifeless bodies of two giant squid. I watched them from this cliffside, far away from their sight. creatures unpredictable, my body would pop under a single one's palm; a puddle of blood peppered with remnants of my bones would become of me. I watched them settle on the beach--in a crescent o…
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