Confused Marshall:
As Roadkill and Jason "worked", Trejo waited outside, not wanting to contaminate the small room further. He told the other people standing in their doors to not come into the hall. Coming back, he said, "the victim's name is Warren Moran, just arrived this evening. He missed the show with the bikers. No one knows why he was here, although the hostel is used as housing for people to petition Simnon."
Jason noted that the wounds were located on the thorax, abdomen and throat, and all on the front. There were no ligature marks on the body nor evidence of restraints on the bed. In his judgement, due to the amount of blood decorating the walls, bed and floor, Moran was still alive for most (if not all) of the proceedings. His heart was the last to be removed, likely still beating (from the lack of blood contained inside and the splash marks around it).
Looking anywhere but the body, Roadkill noted handprints on the wall. These were not made by human hands, being longer and thinner, with razor claws. Bloody footprints led out the door and down the hall to a fire escape. On the fire escape were trapped some wool threads, likely rough homespun.
Roadkill pointed out the handprints from his kneeling position and slowly turned around and crawed out of the room and then sat against the wall in the hall. There was only one thing to do. A smoke. A big fat smoke to blast the taste away.
