"Sounds like just as good a reason," she says, refusing to comment on the part about being a hero. She doesn't want that; she just knows what's right and what's wrong, and she's got the skills to fight back against it now. It doesn't mean anything past that.

"What's up with Pen?" The infection is hitting a bunch of people she knows, but not Anna herself yet, so she's... well, no, she's not fine with it. It's why she's out here gathering so much weird crap in the first place. "This'll be my fourth trip out to pick up something that's supposed to be good against monsters. Maybe I can help her out?"

Evil robots, vampires, demons, and now ghosts... that seems like an okay spread, right?