Twenty five years isn't long. It's easy to forget.

[ Humanity makes Anna a bad liar though, it's clear. She can't even look him in the eye, choosing instead to fix her gaze somewhat relentlessly on the floor instead.

When the order is delivered though, she obeys. It surprises her, but she comes clean. ]

It was...Balthazar. He's struggling with this a little more than the rest of us. [ So maybe she's omitting information here and there, but it's for a good cause - she's trying to protect the both of them. Balthazar would never get over the guilt of eating Raphael, let alone when he looked as innocent as he does now. ]

As for the bandages... [ ...This is slightly less protective and slightly more embarrassment, but after some hesitation she continues anyway. ]

It's hard, okay? I'm right handed [ And that detail she genuinely had forgotten until the first aid attempt ] but seriously, I'm getting it sorted.

[ The old fashioned way, but sorted nonetheless. With few healers left in town, she's resorted to enquiring after Ghoul a nameless friend with a better knowledge than her of how to fix up human injuries. ]