User blog comment:BobTheDoctor27/February 2013 Update/@comment-5918010-20130312003428/@comment-2026417-20130313005312

@Jahoan: Just because it has a grate in set form does not necessarily mean it is a grate in a person's interpretation. I mean, for all one wants, it could easily be fangs attached to the upper part of the mask if they wanted. Again, it's open to interpretation. Mistika and Phantoka masks are adaptable, so they would change to whatever the wearer wants or needs.

@Doctor (still working on an abbreviation here): Just keep it as blood. It makes it more... meaningful to the reader, I guess. You spill hydraulic fluid, not much triggers fear/sadness in the reader. You spill blood, the reader knows something tragic/disgusting just happened. Maybe it could be a sort of coolant, but acts behaves like blood in the characters' bodies (ie the Geth in Mass Effect), and thus would just be called 'blood' because its their only analogue to it. One good source would be Transformers: Prime. The Transformers don't necessarily have blood, but energon in their bodies acts pretty much exactly like it (even seeping from their wounds like blood). And yes, I have put thought into this before. I feel like the nerd I am...