"I have drained some dry before," Abel admitted, closing his eyes briefly as the red glow in his eyes faded. He opened now-blue eyes again. "I am also one of the rare ones who has mastered my bloodline." An ironic smile twitched his lips. "Something that wasn't encouraged in Kiri. My Lord actually helped me."

Taking the blood kunai back, he held it in his hand, letting it slowly be absorbed back into his body. "As I said, I'm limited by the blood in my body, but once I absorb another's blood, I can use it to resupply my own."

Once the kunai had been reabsorbed, Abel wiped his hands together and smiled at Itachi. It was a pleasant mask for any who knew him. "But that is why I wasn't sent on undercover work very often. Easy to remember someone when they start absorbing all the spilled blood in the area."