"Good. This will hurt more than a little."<br/>Lovise turned his hand over in hers, letting her long fingers sweep over the tender skin of his wrist. Eventually, she found the spot she was looking for and laid the blade flat against the skin. Gently, she slid the blade into his flesh. The blade must have been exceptionally sharp because it seemed to glide through the skin with no effort or pain. In fact, the whole thing was rather disappointingly painless. Well, at least until the first drop appeared in the vial.<br/>There was a burning, pulling sensation as the vial flooded with blood. It was almost like the blade was sucking his veins in with the blood, tugging them all through his body like threads from a cloth.<br/>"It is very important to give it a vein, not an artery." She said softly. While the vial filled she rubbed the skin above the blade in soft little spirals and watched carefully. The little charm seemed to hold much more blood than the volume would suggest. "The nature of the blade will not allow you to clot for some time after being pierced, and an artery will have you losing too much. If you have filled it, it will protect you from any poison or harmful spell. If the spell has a friendly intent, the drekksjalden will ignore it. You must have it close to you, or it will not catch the spell. Every spell it catches drains a little blood. More blood for more power and little for little. If it goes dry, it will not be able to catch a spell. I gave it the tooth, so it will feed itself if it is empty. So, make sure it is near a safe place. NO large arteries, never the throat or the thigh."<br/>After what seemed like an agonizing eternity, the pain suddenly stopped and she lifted the charm off his arm. The blade had disappeared, leaving a pendant identical to the one she wore on her arm.