Answer:
A leathery snake, with a stinging bite. I'll stay coiled up, unless I must fight.
Useful tool for who in darkness dwell. Within you, corrupting like a deadly spell.
What has two hands, a round face, always runs, but stays in place?
What goes in the water black and comes out red?
I move without wings, Between silken string, I leave as you find, My substance behind.
What covers its face with its hands, speaks no language, yet most known what it's saying?