8-401: Shipwreck Spar Section, Deck 5
The figure is male, and yes, dead.
The threads are not frozen blood, but some kind of quasi-metallic, flexible cables about the width of fishing line.
Karmen grabs the floating rifle, checks it.
“Empty,” she reports.
If Lia can find something to carry a sample in, she will take a couple of smaller rods with her.