Tip 15: tube and blood pens Blood quills are caused by damage to the blood vessel in the feather follicle, causing blood to flow into the shaft. Sometimes the pen will repair itself, but you should never pull out a blood pen: there is rarely a better pen to take its place, and pulling out is almost always accompanied by blood loss.
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