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networkinthenight2019-12-07 09:59 pm
originallutece) wrote in networkinthenight2019-12-07 09:59 pm
first experiment; 9:53 PM
For our more vampiric population, I come to you with a solution for your dietary problems.
I've invented artificial blood. A substance you can consume without harming others, but that will sustain you much as food and water. I owe a debt to Elena for helping me test them.
Unfortunately, it cannot yet be used in a medical sense-- for blood transplants, which are, by the by, a very important part of medical knowledge, which makes up the second part of this announcement.
If you do not know your blood type, come see me, and I can at least determine it. Blood types are a vital bit of information in a place where one routinely gets cut to bits. Transfusing blood-- that is, the act of giving one's blood to another-- can save a life in many cases. However, if the wrong sorts of blood interact, the result can be deadly.
Many of you do not know your blood type. This will, inevitably, come back to bite you.
So. I suggest you come by my lab within the next few days and find out, before you nearly die of an injury, manage to make it back to town, and then die of your original blood sensing the invader and killing off the cells that came to theoretically heal you. What a horrible, ironic death that would be.
I've invented artificial blood. A substance you can consume without harming others, but that will sustain you much as food and water. I owe a debt to Elena for helping me test them.
Unfortunately, it cannot yet be used in a medical sense-- for blood transplants, which are, by the by, a very important part of medical knowledge, which makes up the second part of this announcement.
If you do not know your blood type, come see me, and I can at least determine it. Blood types are a vital bit of information in a place where one routinely gets cut to bits. Transfusing blood-- that is, the act of giving one's blood to another-- can save a life in many cases. However, if the wrong sorts of blood interact, the result can be deadly.
Many of you do not know your blood type. This will, inevitably, come back to bite you.
So. I suggest you come by my lab within the next few days and find out, before you nearly die of an injury, manage to make it back to town, and then die of your original blood sensing the invader and killing off the cells that came to theoretically heal you. What a horrible, ironic death that would be.
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[Clearly. He's a realist, he knows not everyone can be saved every time. But if there are enough healthy people capable of fighting, and can risk one sitting out the action for a while, he's perfectly willing.]
If your artificial blood stores better than the real thing, maybe prioritize setting it aside for emergencies. Use ours first when the situation isn't as critical.
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[So it's useless in that sense twice over.]
. . . what would your pros and cons be? If we were in the midst of another siege. What factors would you weigh?
[And does sentiment play a part in it?]
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[What kind of answer does she want, anyway? Because she's prying awfully deeply for some reason. He doesn't mind answering, for while triage is the realm of doctors and medics, as a military commander he understands it plenty as well. Whichever situation might give the group as a whole the best chance at survival is the option he'll choose, if he's able to work out what that optimal solution would be while under pressure.]