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I stared at the crowd, trying to find individuals aender, socioeconoround--none of it irl sha slack, a runnel of drool charting a path down her chin to dangle above her chest I put a hand over e sleepwalkers, nonviolent, confused but not attacking anyone That was a good sign It wasn’t going to last Not with this many sleepwalkers in one area, and not with the tapewor fast, flawed connections to the huher thought and huive out, and tapeworm instincts would take over

Tapeworm instincts only really ca for food, and any unturned or uniets

Uniiven an Intestinal Bodyguard "We have to get out of here," I said tightly The sleepwalkers couldn’t possibly hear h the closed s, especially not with the sirens going off so close by, but I still felt the urge to whisper "They’re going to notice us soon We need to drive"

"They’re everywhere," Nathan said, his voice pitched equally low "Where do you wantOnce they figure out what’s going on, they’re going to turn hungry"

"Or they’re going to go to sleep That’s what most of the ones at the hospital did" He sounded hopeful

"Only with the ones you found alone Have any of the one to sleep of their own accord?"

Nathan hesitated before shaking his head "No," he said "No, that hasn’t happened But we don’t have that big of a sa different forenesis that’s set up shop inside each of those people’s brains Some of the that could tell us what strain they’re infected with?"

"No"

"Then drive" I actually reached out and shook the wheel with one hand, ignoring the thin jet of panic it sent snaking through et out of this city If it’s already this bad…"

"Sal, you’re not going to like what I have to do"

"I know" I pulledmy eyes as I shrank back down into nore it Get us home" I closed as, weaving around the ap in the barricade He was trying not to hit theh we clipped a fee passed I felt bad about that Not bad enough to ask him to stop Some of the police yelled and waved their arms, but most of them were too busy with the sleepwalkers to pay attention to the co apart