Raven couldn't answer immediately; it was too hard to speak. Once she'd pulled the last of Momoko's wounds from her, she drew back, bending her head and biting the inside of her cheek to hold back a whimper of pain. The pain medications made her woozy, and it took a few moments before she could expel the pain.

"The witchblood has not affected my ability to heal," she finally said when the pain passed. The poison just lingered inside her, mocking her with her inability to expel it.