[And Maria neatly steps around the gush of blood so it doesn't soak any more into her clothing than it already has. It's freezing, and she's already getting cold in this place, and she really doesn't want to risk it becoming any worse. Cainhurst knows the cold, and she's seen the things it can do to people. She wants absolutely no part of it.]

No, it isn't. I don't see any real signs of corruption. [Once it is down, though, she starts to make a slow circle of the body - watching carefully for any signs it'll spring back to life at any moment, and also... really just sort of investigating. She's not seeing any of the blackened rot on the creature.]

I smelled Shade as I came down here; there's really no mistaking it, even in the cold but... this is not the source. I wonder how it's avoided the corruption.