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3. The Drinkable Healing Blood Is Menstrual - Bloodborne

Sorry for this, it truly is disgusting, but here we go anyway!

So, following a LOT of talk about being "Born of the blood" and "Made of the blood" by various religious leaders in Bloodborne, it's very clear that life and rebirth were on Hidetaka Miyazaki's mind. As you journey through the dank streets and Victorian houses of Yharnam, various female members of the Healing Church will give you a constant supply of blood... until one Arianna becomes pregnant and stops, and an older woman cannot, assumedly due to menopause.

Not convinced? The Blood of Adella item reads "The Healing Church nuns are chosen for their merit as vessels for blood, and groomed as Blood Saints" and you can find corpses with what's known as 'Mensis Cages' atop their heads. Lastly, a final area in the game is titled the 'The Nightmare of Mensis' and you'll tackle a boss called the 'Mensis Brain' too.

Oh, and 'mensis' is Latin for 'menses' i.e. menstruation. Euwww....