「Recessed」
I approached the cliff from the bottom. The shelves on which I keep my books out of the rain are recessed into the stone.
Instead of books, on the shelves, is a bloody arm.
First of all, I look down to make sure it's not one of mine.
(I'm absentminded.)
You know what? That sounds like the narrator from my serialized novel.
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