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The Keeper’s tentacles are coated in the same stuff that sprays out when it dies, and it can be produced by them almost like saliva. It’s a mixture of blood and something like an anticoagulant, so it has that slight medicinal smell and taste. If accidentally ingested, ie it gets in your mouth as it dies, it’ll leave a slight metallic taste in the mouth for two or three hours–because of the medicine, so no amount of teeth-brushing is going to get that taste out–and a tingling and/or numbness in the lips, fingertips, and potentially other nerve-dense areas. The more that’s ingested, the more that feeling grows.Â
Ingestion of the goop can result in increased risk of bruising, nosebleeds, bleeding, and slow healing.
Ingestion of excessive amounts will result in cerebral bleeding and brain death.
If the Keeper has its tentacles out and isn’t dying (like when it’s just the safe attacking without the body) it has full control over the blood to anticoagulant ratio and can adjust as it wants.













