Text complete: when i reached for the drawer , with my other hand this time , it slid easily open . i was just about to scoop the entire pile of junk from the top of the desk into the drawer when i realized what had hit me . about two-thirds of the way back , not hidden in any way , lay a gun . it was a black shadow of a thing , and had it not been for the damage to my finger , i would have believed it to be a
toy