To your horror, the sides of the coffin are raked with scratches and dried blood. Someone was buried here, and
To your horror, the sides of the coffin are raked with scratches and dried blood. Someone was buried here, and they were desperately trying to get out. But despite the scratch marks, there is nothing inside — the sarcophagus is empty.
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