I'd been missing... living people... before you...
[But it is exhausting having to hide and pretend. It was exhausting to know even that would never be enough. Now there's Ryder. Things are different. He nods.]
I'll be back soon...
[He throws on the filthy hoodie, just to cover up for what he knows will be a mess, and he grabs his quiver and bow. Today Chancellor Bounce sacrifices his people to the zombies. Generous, but not kind.
He heads, stepping onto the green lawn. The light's a bit too bright without the goggles, but he can see well enough that when his prey finally shows up, he makes his shot.
He's on the creature before it can cool, composure lost as his teeth sink in. He leaves very little behind but a mess of blood on his hands and face. He always sits there a moment, after feeding. It takes a minute or two for his mind to come back to him, for him to process his own horror and grief after that.
It's a shame he's contagious, she could use the bones for stew otherwise. It's that thought that brings him properly back. He turns back for the hotel, making his way inside and to find her once again.]
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I'd been missing... living people... before you...
[But it is exhausting having to hide and pretend. It was exhausting to know even that would never be enough. Now there's Ryder. Things are different. He nods.]
I'll be back soon...
[He throws on the filthy hoodie, just to cover up for what he knows will be a mess, and he grabs his quiver and bow. Today Chancellor Bounce sacrifices his people to the zombies. Generous, but not kind.
He heads, stepping onto the green lawn. The light's a bit too bright without the goggles, but he can see well enough that when his prey finally shows up, he makes his shot.
He's on the creature before it can cool, composure lost as his teeth sink in. He leaves very little behind but a mess of blood on his hands and face. He always sits there a moment, after feeding. It takes a minute or two for his mind to come back to him, for him to process his own horror and grief after that.
It's a shame he's contagious, she could use the bones for stew otherwise. It's that thought that brings him properly back. He turns back for the hotel, making his way inside and to find her once again.]