What basic knowledge does one need to know about blood vampires in order to donate?
> Well, I want my donors to know what a vampire is, and why I > do need to feed in the first place. They should also understand > what the bloodletting technique is that I use and also be aware > of any possible risks there are. I want my donors to know as > much as possible. I’m married now and take no other donors but my wife, but in the past, that was one of the first things that I did with a potential donor: sit them down and explain what I was and what the “feeding process” might involve. If they were still willing, then it progressed to its conclusion. If there were doubts, or suggestions of what was percieved by the donor as a more “comfortable” way of proceeding, then these were discussed as well. I discussed all of this at length with my wife before we were married, she knew fully what and who I was before we even took the marriage step. As to the amount I take/took, I never gave a second thought to an age-to-amount ratio. I have a two-part kind of rule that I have always gone