"Oh," Anna says. She stops grinning, but mainly because she isn't sure how to explain, and-- clearly, Lloyd needs some explanation. "No it's. Blades. Sorry this might be an awful explanation but I've never, uh, met anyone who didn't know how this worked. And I guess I just kind of assumed. Anyway."

Anna clears her throat. "Blades don't, um. They don't really exist, without a driver?" It sounds so weird, when she says it aloud. "Without a driver, they're just a core crystal. Dormant, until someone comes along and wakes them up."

Actually that wasn't so bad of an explanation, Anna thinks. Onto answering Lloyd's question.

"So, uh- well, twenty years ago-- was it twenty years ago?" Time's been a lot harder to keep track of since she stopped aging. "Somewhere around there. We were slightly more at war than we are now, and my village got raided, and... I was the only one who survived, and... I found Malos' core crystal after running from the destruction." Old, somewhat tender memories, of everything burning and the stench of blood fill her mind, but they're gone before long. "He saved my life."

That day itself isn't one of Anna's favorites, but her smile--if a little sad--is fond enough. The pain's mostly behind her. And she did meet Malos that day, even if she lost everything else.