Jaden looked over towards her, and sighed.

"I did." he replied.

"Some mana hunters found me." he told her, as the woman stepped towards him and looked at the chart, describing what he had been treated for.

-Gunshot wounds received from Hunter-runed bullets
-Mana burn from Hunter-runed chain
-Cracked Rib
-Mild Dizzy Daisy pollen poisoning

"But I obviously survived." he then said, looking back at the ceiling.

"....." he was silent now, waiting to see if the woman, his mother, had anything to say.

Jaden was silent for a moment, and then sighed as well.

"I would take you up on that, if I thought it was necessary." he told her.

"But I don't think it is." he said.

"I mean, you can check if you want, but... I think the scene's already been cleaned up." he muttered.

"I THINK." he quickly stressed.

"Admittedly, I don't know much about what Anna did while I was passed out from the daisies, but it looked brutal." he went on. "And she took me here pretty quickly when I mentioned I'd been shot." he continued.

"That being said, she looked like she was cocooning the bodies in vines or something before she took me here." he then added.

Jaden just sighed.

"I'm fine." he said.

"I think." he told her.

"Just... I didn't expect to be jumped by so many hunters." he admitted.

"The scar on my back hurt again, Mom." he then said.

"I felt it burn when they showed up." he continued.

"It was... unnerving."

Jaden nodded.

"Yeah." he replied.

"I'm alive. But only because someone intervened." he said.

"That someone being Anna, of all people..." he mumbled.

"Just... yeah... I didn't see that coming." he admitted further.

"Being jumped like that, OR Anna saving my bacon."

"I know." Jaden responded.

"Just... I know." he said.

He then brought a hand up to his eyes, and covered them for a moment.

"....and I think I know how." he told her.

"We had a fight recently, about space for plants and such." he then said. "I said the place was too small. She said there's always room for more plants, and she can make them non-intrusive." he went on.

"And it's clear this area might not be safe any longer." he continued.

"Maybe I should move to a larger place."

"I've noticed." Jaden responded.

"But I've not really cared about that." he told her.

"Until now, anyway." he said further.

"But yeah, methinks I'm gonna move." he reiterated.

"I'll bring it up with Anna the next time I see her... whenever THAT is."

"Sure." Jaden replied.

".....please." he then mumbled.

"I don't know where she'd be." he admitted.

"But she seemed to know her way around this place." he then said, thinking about it.

"Kinda like... she'd been here before numerous times."

"Okay then." Jaden repled.

"...thanks." he said quietly.

-Several days later-

Jaden had been released from the hospital, and made his way back to the apartment that he and Anna shared. He sighed quietly as he approached the door, unlocked it, and opened it.

"Anna?" he called in.

"You here?" he asked.

"We need to talk!"

"......." Jaden was silent for a moment, and then sighed.

"I... hey, listen." he said.

"Thanks for... y'know... saving my life." he told her.

"And... sorry about that fight we had." he apologized, scratching the back of his neck.

"Also... I think we need to get out of here." he then added.

"Somewhere else. Anywhere else." Jaden replied.

"Maybe even out of the country." he said.

"Any why?" he then asked.

"It's been made clear that this area may not be safe for us. If the came after me, someone else might, again. Or someone might come for you." he went on.

"And I think we need a bigger space." he continued.

"Somewhere that either has some nice big spare rooms, a really big backyard, or is near a forest." he said, knowing she'd probably guess as to why he had those specific criteria.