"Well that part certainly isn't." Hershel answered, unless the world was a weirder place than his vague memories were leading him to believe. Maybe bodies did fall out of the sky every day and people like Alfendi roamed the streets in packs. Maybe that was true and not stupid.

When Heiji tugged the bandage a bit Hershel didn't really notice until Alfendi's reaction clued him in. He just watched a moment, hopefully and a little guiltily, but-

Nothing. He tried not to sigh and just shot Heiji an apologetic look. Looks like his theory wasn't completely accurate 100% of the time at least.