Unfortunately, all three were just as mud covered as he was, and would need a good cleaning before the public could use them again. Not to mention, Stephen wanted to see if he could get some of the mud out of his pants before returning inside. He pushed all three carts around the back, where he could hose them off.It was there that he noticed the duffel bag again. Seeing as it had been abandoned in the cart, he didn"t really think twice about looking inside. Sure enough, it did seem to belong to someone who had been homeless. Inside, Stephen found a rather worn jacket, that had really seen better days. There was a pair of beat up shoes as well, and what looked to be several pairs of underclothes.
Feeling bad that he may have disturbed someone"s only possessions in the world, he resolved to leave the duffel right back in the gully when he was done. The last thing he wanted to do was take clothing of someone less fortunate than himself. He carefully placed the clothing back in the duffel bag, when he noticed the duffel was covering something underneath of it.
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Stephen"s eyes fell on a soft gray looking box. Almost like a little trinket. Even though the color had dulled, Stephen could tell it was made extremely well, from some metal that he couldn"t identify. On the front of the box, there were about five rows of different style shapes, with sliding panels. His fingers casually rolled over the different shapes, and he found he was able to slide them in different spots. It was like almost like a puzzle, or like a rudimentary Rubik"s cube.
Thinking nothing of it, he took the little puzzle box and stuffed it in his pocket. If anything, he could play with it when he was bored. After cleaning up the carts, and managing to clean up himself a little, he returned the duffel bag to a safe spot in the gully. After walking back inside, Stephen walked back into the aisle.
And practically right into Ram Doyle.