He walked across the room and flicked a switch. A spotlight turned on, illuminating a laminated poster of a woman on his wall. He took a crayon from his pocket and began drawing on it. I could see smudges from past demonstrations. [.. .] His dashed lines crisscrossed the woman's chest as if he were planning a military maneuver on undulating terrain. Kim Van Alkemade
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