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Talia
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The man started to collect her blood then. He turned her over and let it pour into a bucket of sorts. From there, he started to mix the blood with something that was in a flask. He pulled the metal container from his pocket and made the blood glow.
Once the glowing was dimmed but still there, the man used a long wooden pen to write the words into the sand. He had poured the blood mixture into the top of the pen, and it was actually acting as if it were ink for the pen. The words, which I had read before, appeared to glow for a moment and then faded almost instantly.