Wootton walked around Nevahland belligerently because Chandler was wearing intestines around his neck. This wasn't very taboo to the people around him, but Wootton thought this was worthy of chastisement. The blood dripping from Chandler’s mouth was opaque. At first, Chandler was disinclined to rip Sean’s stomach to get to his entrails. After his peers pressured him for quite a while, he gave in. When he had finished, the ground surrounding him looked as if a bunch of detritus had been scattered about. Of course the detritus is human remains, but you get the idea. After Chandler and his peers left the scene, Wootton had stumbled across the remains of Sean. Sean was a friend of Wootton, and the scene made him incredulous. Seeing Sean like this
