bool was_butchering = false;

                if (is_being_butchered(*si, false))
                    was_butchering = true;

                const bool was_butchering = is_being_butchered(*si, false);

                    if (was_butchering)
                        mpr("The corpse you are butchering rises to attack!");

    if (actual && number_seen > 0)
        mpr("The dead are walking!");

    if (actual)
    {
        if (was_butchering)
            mpr("The corpse you are butchering rises to attack!");
        if (number_seen > 0)
            mpr("The dead are walking!");
    }