Patrick dug too, trying not to think about the rotting body they were likely to find under the ground. He stuck his shovel into the dirt gingerly until he met resistance that felt...different.
Squishy.
"Hey!" Patrick tossed the shovel away and dug at the dirt with his hands until he covered what was unmistakeably Michael's face even though it was decomposing. "EUGH!" he said when his finger accidentally went into Michael's eyeball.
"Oh God, scarred for life," he whispered, horrified.