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Katie and Jenni stepped out into the cold air, both bundled up in heavy coats, knit caps, and gloves Per the usual, Calhoun was taking up the rear, deterarded as a secret city council led up to each other

Travis slid into a patio chair and tried to ignore the cold e out of the metal frame Katie sat next to hi going It’s freaking cold out here, but I think if we can actually viee want to alter, ill have a better understanding of the task at hand"

"Agreed," Eric said

"I’ for so to hold his hat on his head and took it off His long hair was ruffled by the wind as Jenni tucked her head under his chin

Calhoun was already fil in a low voice to himself Travis tried not to pay attention to the crazy, old coot "Okay, we have already expanded outward, taking in a block on the west and enclosing it with nealls That is our planned entertainment and recreation area Our attempt to help morale We have the main fort centralized on this block

We have the Panae, the hotel, city hall, and the construction site blocked off from the rest of the expansion To the north, we have the Dollar Store and ee depot"

"We definitely need to reinforce the back of those buildings," Eric said in a grim voice "I still think it’s a weak point" He still dressed like he was going to the office He earing a red sweater with khakis under his long wool coat and leather loafers His girlfriend, Stacey, had worked hard to get hiy quickly scribbled down everything that was being said, her face pale, her jaw tensed

"We got the s and doors all bricked up," Juan pointed out

"But those structures are old Rot has set in I firmly believe we should build a neall behind those stores that connects with the e have going across Main Street" Eric shoved his glasses up on his nose and looked at Travis for support "We need to reinforce that area"

"Nerit, what do you think?" Travis looked toward their head of fort security

"We haven’t had the amount of zombies that we had in the first days, so we know it’s secure for the level of threat we’ve had recently But if we end up with a larger horde descending on us, we ineer fears for the structural integrity of the buildings," Nerit answered

"We’ll have to findsupplies More rebar, more bricks, more cement," Juan said "Construction supplies are low after the last e built"

"Wea crowd of those things our way to get those supplies in," Bill said in a soets harder to coh, do we? If we’re to be safe," Katie pointed out

Travis felt her hand tighten on his, and he gave it a reassuring squeeze

"The interior walls to the main area of the fort are pretty solid We can always fall back to the main area if there if there is a breach"

"I say reinforce the interior walls behind the Dollar Store before starting on the outer perimeter," Bill said

"We need to e the onslaught" Nerit chi all sorts of terrible scenarios in her mind "The zoe of that" Travis tucked his hands into the pockets of his leather jacket and gazed over the dead toard the hills "We should work on the outer walls The expansion"

"We need to build outside while we have the chance," Juan agreed

"We don’t need to expand so far that we don’t have the resources to support it though," Eric said "We should reinforce the walls we have up now"

"And we need to be able to defend it," Nerit added "We’re working on bows and arrows, catapults, and fire pits, but we still need more time to hed and rubbed his brow<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>