The blood sample stayed quietly in the tube just like any other liquid—it was probably strange to describe the fluid as "quiet," but it would not have been difficult to imagine why if you saw the living lifeblood. Raven 12345 was holding the tube up to her eyes and shaking it gently. The red liquid refracted light into a rainbow of colors under the skylight. It looked like blood, but one with a strange texture.
"Dead lifeblood is very different from living lifeblood," Raven 12345 said. With a snap of her fingers, the tube broke apart and floated steadily up into the air. The liquid formed into a sphere and stayed right there as if it were in space. "No wonder you couldn't recognize it. It is a wonderful substance. Once it goes from life to death, its basic structure will start to transform dramatically into something else."