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"Blood and ashes" he said as he wiped the large stain from his maul onto the lower left coat-tail of his jacket. His jacket was also stained, but differently - the red was not blood, it was wine.
He took a large swing at the corpse in front of him, but it had already been splattered. There wasn't much left and after the final blow the corpse settled into its permanent as mushy matter.