We saw a version of this also in the passage I was reading just before, where "a hand" comes in the window and rests- "lands"--on Haze's shoulder.

在我刚刚读过的片段中,也有这样的情况，就是“一只手“伸进了车窗-,“放置“在了Haze的肩膀上。

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