Sort of. They'd kind of caught up to me back home.

[ The hands on her shoulders take her by surprise, and she looks at Ghoul for a moment before attempting a smile. It's half-assed but it's still there, and she gives a little shrug before nodding. ]

Guess I'll keep that in mind.

[ And she won't. Anna knows she won't, because the last thing she ever wants to do is put more people in danger for her sake. Shaky truces are hanging by single threads, but the more people that turn up from her world, the more she thinks that the next might not be so sympathetic. Her luck's got to run out eventually. ]

You don't have to do this, you know. You'd be better off staying away from me.