>>5976182>>5976160>>5976177As the train lay halted in the desert dusk, Clay Bunyin used the brief respite to his advantage, scrounging through the abandoned luggage and compartments left unchecked in the sudden stop. Amid the chaos, his search turned up a weathered case under a loose floorboard in what appeared to be a hastily vacated sleeper car. Inside, nestled in faded velvet, lay three boxes of .45 Colt ammunition, each box neatly filled with six rounds. Eighteen rounds in total; a find that not only replenished his supplies but bolstered his confidence in handling whatever this relentless desert or its mysteries might throw at him next.
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