John shifted uncomfortably. His insistence that Loki should go through with the cursebreaking was a primary reason why Loki was now minus his memory, and had almost got several people killed to boot. And why should the god listen to someone he didn't even know he knew? Still, Ana knew her stuff, and if she said a transfusion was the only way, it's be plain stupid not to go ahead with it after so much trouble and risk had gone into getting Loki this far...

He cleared his throat. "I've talked to people who've had it done," he said reluctantly, remembering the cancer ward he'd visited. "It's not fun, but mebbe not as bad as it sounds." He cocked his head to one side as something else occurred to him. Just how much did Loki remember, at this point? "Or is that not the problem?" Transfusions between humans and immortals, as he had personal reason to know from an unrelated incident, could have all sorts of unforseen complications and consequences.