It’s something strange when blood drips. It’s something so lethargic. In the space of a second, the whole world stops turning and all that an animal like me saw was the redness. Everything moved in slow motion. But it was so fast. In one instant it can change everything. The large droplets, thick, rich, warm, fall with more mass than water.
If blood drops into your hand with your eyes closed, not knowing it was blood… would you relish in the warmth or would you devour your own hand entirely, the feel and… the smell, far too much to bear?
I would consider myself and devour, with the thought of nothing but the feeling of the warmth and the relief and relish that comes from both actions.
Yes, that.
But would it be more of a practical thing to do to wave it away? Make everything better again? No, of course not. If waving a hand could fix everything, I would never be here.
If this blood were the blood of the only truth in the world, would it then be wrong to devour; to settle into the smell, the comfortable warmth, and simply sink into it?
No, not that.
But if the world had nothing in it left to appease you, would it then be justified? My animal instincts reacted and sniffed, hearing the convulsing beats of the heart from which the blood was dripping. My teeth bared, and my face, pale as it was, flushed paler still, making my transparent skin glow a sickly shade of silver.
The swirling thoughts filled my sense of control as I looked into the face of truth. My eyes felt as if they were dilating, and the answer, I knew, was up to the creature I was and the creature I would become…
