When a farmer’s Iti’mim has been well fed and begins to tighten and bulge the local folk in the area are often called together to participate in draining the Iti’mim. Food is usually brought as a kind of implicit exchange for some of the Iti’mim’s blood which is an extremely powerful fertilizer. Children are shown how to gently pierce the outer layer of translucent gray flesh with a sharpened, hollowed out Hajik stalk and plug the end until they have a bucket, bowl or Gannar bladder ready to collect the precious blue blood. This process takes a while and only one hole is typically punched for every three square feet with no more than two at a time before each is patched up with a needle and thread. While the children and adults bleed the Iti’mim the rest of the group watches, jokes, eats and plays simple games like Kinsi or Seven Tears.
The bleeding lasts until the Iti’mim’s outer layer of skin begins to sag somewhat, usually cutoff by the farmer a bit early to ensure the continued health of his fertilizer source. Most people in Zoher find themselves going to a communal Iti’mim Bleeding at least twice a year depending on their proximity to the events. In a comical dichotomy the Kingdom of Helva which has a much higher number of Iti’mim doesn’t participate in similar events thanks to increased protections and regulations out in place by the Coalition of Farmers.