[She tenses, just a bit, at the touch, but she doesn't shake it off.]

They were in good health, I think? I... [Her shoulders slump. It's hard, realizing everything she doesn't want to say. Every time she hits a roadblock, she finds just another complex path of her life. How bad, really, would it be to tell someone? But to unfold it all... especially to a stranger who knows nothing about Anemone's world...] There was a war. They didn't fight, but they were still in better health than most. But they died. When I was really young, before my... problems.