Your metabolism is fast when it comes to alcohol, but what about when it comes to something like blood? You need that, right? [Clarke only realizes afterward that she put the emphasis on the wrong word. It should've been "need." She doesn't double back to clarify her point, pressing on.]

I'm not offering in the moment, but if there are more people like you, it could be a thing to help them get back to the safehouse. We'd have to make sure it lasts long enough. That's where the experimentation comes in.

[A pause. She considers.]

And we may need to obscure that I'm the source of the blood. Just in case.