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"No" She pushed her lips together in a thin line and sed back tears "It’s not your fault And he died bravely, at least That’s soreed

"Stella" Bishop turned her attention to the child, s up at her with tears in her eyes "Are you okay, sweetie?"

"Yeah" She nodded "But I’et up there, honey?" Bishop asked, wiping at her eyes "Did you climb up there?"

Stella shook her head "Teddy helped rabbed him and pulled him back down"

"That won’t happen to you, Stella," Bishop said "We got all the zombies It’s safe to come do"

"I already tried that approach," I told her quietly "The kid’s not budging"

"Come on, honey" Bishop held her arms up to the tree "Come on down I’ll keep you safe, Stella I pro through the trees towardmore slowly

"Hey, kid!" I stepped in between Max and Teddy, blocking his view as best I could When Max reached lad you’re okay," Max said, and I let go of hiround "Are all the zombies dead?"

"They sure are," I said "Well, the ones that were attacking us, anyway"

"Did everyone make it okay then?" Daniels asked me, and I shook my head His eyes travelled over to where Teddy and the zothat you wouldn’t have done forup in that tree?" Max asked

"U hiht have see that After all the gore and death he’d witnessed, Teddy would just be another one in the long list of horrors he’d encountered in his short life

But if I could htmares, then I would do it I’d always tried to shield hi, and I knew that I couldn’t every tiot to co voice "We can’t stay here forever"

"Max, why don’t you ask Stella to coested, since none of Bishop’s tactics see

"Co up at her "You gotta come down from there eventually"