V-2 - Chapter 9 - Clockwork Eye

[Michael Bailey]

> ah, goodness, this is the type of thing I routinely miss.
> Thank you!
>

with that detail in place, the sanguinary nature of the place comes
home right quickly.
In a well-ordered microcosm, the blood in the courtyard would itself
be a major mojo and corrective action would follow.  Foppl would call
in van Wijk to investigate. Or fisheye would pack up and go: "you ask
why I don't live here, honey do you have to ask" (Bob Dylan, "On the
Road Again")

really never saw that before, and I've been thru V. a few times
(though I tend to focus anywhere but this chapter)

we don't ever find out whose blood, do we? (guess I gotta look for that)