[But he had to stop and pull back. Something was smelling overwhelmingly sweet among the pile, and it was making his throat spasm. With a cough he decided to nudge things aside with his shoe instead until there, among the refuse, was the source of the smell: A rag soaked in something.]
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Yeah, seems pretty weird... Shit, what a mess.
[But he had to stop and pull back. Something was smelling overwhelmingly sweet among the pile, and it was making his throat spasm. With a cough he decided to nudge things aside with his shoe instead until there, among the refuse, was the source of the smell: A rag soaked in something.]