The blood circulation and respiratory exercises stop not long after death.
When the ATP is depleted, calcium pumping stops.
Rookie officers have often confused lividity with bruising caused by fighting.
The muscle fibers ratchet shorter and shorter until they are fully contracted or as long as the acetylcholine and the ATP are present.
Later, young Pak visits Meiyi alone.
In some people, the brainstem stops functioning before other organs.