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No bleeding, but lots of abrasions and bruises.
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I gotta get a pair of pants.
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There is no difference in the lighting. In fact, the size seems similar. The basket comes back, and Julian places his old stone in it, and goes back to pushing rocks.
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No difference in the appearance of any of the other stones in the basket on the way back?
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It does eventually become time to leave, but the signal is not a basket, but a boy backing up and kicking at Julian while shouting "palabas! palabas!".
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I guess Palabas means "go", or "move" or something.
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Julian pulls out of the tunnel, and watches the other boys come out as well. The last boy to come out is a man, but a very short man with a miner's pick, much like the "Kapatas" who gave him instructions... and now gives him what he assumes is his "pittance"... four metal coins, made of what he thinks might be copper.
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Well hopefully I can buy dinner for one of these and pants for the rest. I'll head back to the market area, and try to buy food and clothes, in that order.