Being thrown into an ally with cuts and scratches all over you and glass around you isn't very normal or believable by most people. Even more rare is also not growing up with a mother. To Raven that's what's happened... Waking up to "Get your ass down here right now or you'll be living on the side of the street" is very alarming and unusual to a lot of the population. There could have been "accidentally" thrown glass. For Ash it's a good day... Being tapped on the shoulder is normal to people, but who would want to talk to Ash? Who's the stranger he's been around the whole time? Could there possibly be someone to fix her, or is she going to be left alone to suffer for the rest of her life?