it's getting to me

I stepped into the elevator, looked down, and thought, "Hm. Skeletonized blood spatter.* With a smear."

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* Skeletonized blood spatter occurs when a droplet of blood begins to dry (the edges dry first) and then the inside, which is still wet, gets rubbed away by something. Don't ask me how I know this.

Here, it appeared that someone probably stepped in it.

Now I'm writing like a lawyer. How annoying.