Phones and Watches

The first ‘interesting’ ability I discovered was when studying my wounds after dialysis. The dialysis needles are removed at the end of the session, and you now have two holes into your blood stream. Unfortunately, that blood stream finds those holes a viable direction to travel (whether patient or vampire it is the same at the end of a session). So the dialysis technicians ‘plug the holes’ with a lot of gauze and tape. After a few hours, the holes seal and you can take the pressure-bandage off.

Unfortunately, it is possible to miss the hole with the gauze. If this happens, blood starts spurting everywhere. This is a major reason dialysis patients have to wait after their session: to make sure they don’t spray their windshields from the inside when they drive home.

The first time this happened to me, I looked at spraying blood in a bit of horror. I wear a short-sleeved shirt for dialysis, so the blood was just shooting down my arm (the needles are aimed ‘upward’ when inserted) and not actually inconveniencing me. But getting bathed in blood is a bit disconcerting at first. The nurses simply cleaned me up, found the right spot, and tried again.

The second time the spraying happen, I intensely focused on the blood. This was a bit risky because I have previously passed-out when concentrating intensely on wounds, but this time the result was very different. I could ‘ see ’ the blood a bit more vividly than my eyes were seeing it. Or at least, more than my eyes previously would see it. It was as if it was glowing. This was interesting, and a bit psychedelic.

Beyond seeing blood — by focusing on it intensely, I could move it. Not very far, and not very much (no elevator scene from the Shining) so it wasn’t clear what use this would be. But I still found it fascinating. It was as if I was playing with rain-drops, except

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they were a deep red.

“Good morning Dr. A” “Good morning Mark” “I can see and move blood”

“Well… yes… it is a visible, non-toxic, liquid. But I am guessing you don’t mean that?”

“I can see blood even in the dark. I don’t need light to see it. I can even see it beneath skin. Apparently lead, wood, and concrete get in the way, but skin does not.”

“Well, that is unusual, but not unheard of”

“Other vampires can see blood?”

“Yes. There are some abilities that some vampires have. They aren’t very common, but they are also not unique.”

“And seeing and moving blood is one of them?”

“Moving blood? Without touching it?”

“Yes. I can make my blood move. Not very much of it, but I seem to be able to control more and more as I practice. I have not tried moving other people’s blood”

“Interesting…”

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