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&039;Planning on leaving tonight then?&039; Michael asked

An hour after returning froo and refuelling the bike and loading his few belongings He looked up and nodded at Michael

&039;Might as well,&039; he quietly replied

&039;Sure you want to take the risk?&039;

He shrugged his shoulders

&039;We&039;re all taking risks whatever we do,&039; he answered &039;I don&039;t think it matters any for trouble You should at least wait until thewhen it&039;s&039;

&039;I&039;ll be all right,&039; he insisted

&039;Fine&039;

Michael sat down on the daround near to the bike He looked around the yard, first quickly checking that the barrier round the house see into the trees surrounding, listening to drops of water fro down froround

&039;Look,&039; he said, sensing that he had a duty to again try and persuade the other man not to leave, &039;are you sure you knohat you&039;re doing?&039;

Carl sighed

&039;Christ, not you as well I had enough bullshit from Emma earlier&039;

&039;It&039;s not bullshit We&039;re just worried that&039;

&039;Worried that what?&039;

&039;I don&039;t know,&039; he lied, feeling aard and reluctant to reveal his true feelings &039;I guess we&039;re just worried that you&039;re doing the wrong thing I&039;ve heard everything you&039;ve said about wanting to go back to the coo but&039;

Carl stopped what he was doing and looked at Michael

&039;But?&039;

&039;I think you&039;re confused I think you&039;ve been through toowith it all I don&039;t think you&039;re capable of ht decisions at thelunatic if that&039;s what you think,&039; Carl snapped, his voice surprisingly cal The fact is I just don&039;t feel safe here And before you say it, I knoe&039;re not safe anywhere anymore, but I obviously feel differently about this place than you two do That excuse for a fence we built doesn&039;t make me feel any better&039;

&039;That excuse for a fence,&039; Michael interrupted, annoyed, &039;kept a thousand of those bastards out last night&039;

&039;I know, but there are et through&039;

&039;I don&039;t agree&039;

&039;We&039;ll put a bet on it now and I&039;ll co&039;

Michael didn&039;t find Carl&039;s atte

&039;Okay, so we&039;re not as isolated as we thought ere here, but we&039;ve done all right so far, haven&039;t we?&039;

&039;Better than I ever thought ould,&039; he accepted

&039;So why leave now? You&039;re going to get ripped to pieces out there&039;

Carl thought for a s and emotions hidden from the other two for most of the last week The pair of the their precious ivory tower that they see else that was ever io back to somewhere I know,&039; he eventually ad a massive chance but I think it&039;s worth the risk If I&039; froht as well hide somewhere close to the place I know best, somewhere I actually want to be&039;

&039;But think about the other risks,&039; Michael said, his voice tired and low &039;Think about the bodies that are just lying rotting on the ground Every city will be filled with disease&039;

Carl just shrugged his shoulders

&039;I don&039;t know anything about that and there&039;s nothing I can do about it anyway I used to , doesn&039;t er about it I&039;ll have to take my chances there just the same way you and Emma will do here&039;

&039;But we&039;re not taking chances&039;

&039;How do you know that? How do you know that there isn&039;t cholera, typhoid or a thousand other diseases that we&039;ve never even heard of already here in the air or in the streaht There was no point in arguing

&039;You don&039;t have to go,&039; he said, quickly deciding to change tack completely &039;Please stay here with us Just do me a favour and think about it for a couple of days at least will you?&039;