"Been better, but I've been a hell of a lot worse than this," she says after a moment. Considering that she's been a hairsbreadth from death twice, this may not be all that reassuring.

Annabelle catches sight of the body. "Well, I think we can safely put him in the dead column," she remarks with a shake of her head. "I take it things got ugly once I hit the floor?"

She reaches out a hand to reassure him. She has no idea how apt that last statement is.