A man crash lands in the Arizona desert, and later comes across a cactus which he eats, due from his dying thirst. Later he comes across an infant, one he recognizes from the plane, and one he saw the mother throw down to discard before rushing for her own safety. The main protagonist has been starving for some time, and decides to eat what was left of the body which has been left for dead… Or was it a body at all???
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