He's - why is he blocking her from the symbiote, but she finds herself gripping him back and glaring at Venom. She pulls in a few deep breaths as he advises her to ignore it, and she closes her eyes and buries her face against him.

He needs her. Dylan needs her. She's needed. But then his next words cause another sudden, blinding flare of anger. She grips his hands back.

"Your dad did what?" And there - just there - is a taste of the Old Anne. She focuses on Eddie with a piercing unfaltering gaze, her tone dangerous. It's one thing to live in a vacuum of information, but here he's realized her worst fears and it's doing the job of lighting the fire in her again.