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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago (2 children)

ok, but humans also regenerate blood, very slowly but it does happen. So theoretically, you could contract your family members to draw blood to be used to make a longsword out of your family's bloodline. And have it become an heirloom.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

imagine, over the centuries of blood donation, the sword slowly grows from a knife, into an absolutely huge dragonslayer behemoth

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

the living sword

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is it slowly? I thought you replaced all the blood from a blood donation within a day or two

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

i don't think it's a day or two, the recommended regulation is i think a certain amount once per month? or so. You'd have to google it.

I think the body recovers from losing blood in about a day, but it doesn't replenish it.