However, the main point of the experiment was to see if he could take blood on the wing and he could, although the hole that he made was tiny and clotted seconds after he stopped licking it. He also found out that neat goat’s blood was stil too strong for his liking.
Heng’s first opportunity to try out his new skill on a human was with a drunken woman. There were plenty of those in the vil age every night, but he had bided his time until he knew that he was capable and could find one that he fancied.
He wasn’t sure whether there had been an occasion to give reason for the drunkenness, but there was nothing else to do for many miles in any direction, so most people resorted to alcohol as a way of relieving the stress of everyday life. The young coup
