[In response to a reaction that seemed to indicate that he might not be familiar with what the term meant, (and she'd considered that possible, in this place that seemed to belong to the realm of cinema and novel), the woman introducing herself as Carmine tries to helpfully supply,]

It's, ah... when your body needs healthier blood... and so the doctors give you blood that's been donated by other people, directly into your veins?

[Perhaps he did need the explanation as simple as that, considering he was saying "healers" and not "doctors" or "nurses". She would find out- it was vital to her survival going forward that she ascertain that.

When he speaks of the shards, she lets her had drift to her chest, hovering over the center of her chest as if that was where her shard was, when in actuality it was embedded in the hollow of her throat beneath her high-necked shirt. If it was that valuable, the last thing she's going to do is let anyone see where it was (who hadn't already, when she had been a foolish Regressor).]

I'll have to ask these healers, then... the oldest aions here now came a few months ago, right? Surely they know by now...

[If the "sick" were cursed through their transformation into aions in this new and distant world...]

If you don't mind showing me there last... ?

[After all... She wouldn't be so rude as to take up his time while she discussed such a private thing with Achamoth's healers...]