No reason to go hungry on purpose, you mean.

[ People can get so caught up in what they're doing that everything else in the world fell to the background. The last part had the teen thinking a bit. Sure, it meant committing to drinking some of the blood, but humans used blood as an ingredient in food before. Sure, it was animal blood, but she hadn't thought of the effect. ]

I didn't think we'd feel anything like that. It just sounded like some part of an initiation ritual. Why would it be more draining on our side?