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London didn’t know any ht into the evolution of the zombies He did explain a little more about the compound They were made up mostly of people from the town Since it was so isolated, they had been one of the last to get hit with the virus and had a chance to prepare

Unfortunately, the town split into two ca to live quietly, and the marauders anted to live out some kind of Mad Max fantasy where they robbed and murdered at will

The people in the co A water filtration syste water Kerosene la stoves allowed them to have heat and cook food

Over fifty survivors were able to live here comfortably, and London insisted they would be happy to take on a few more

The facility itself was divided up intothened to keep both zo able to infiltrate

I wasn’t given a full tour, but I didn’t really want or need one London showed Lazlo and a never ate before sundown, so she’d gone back to a rooetable and whatever they could shoot variety

A few other people were eating down there, looking as y as Sam, and they introduced themselves Other than polite salutations, I didn’t talk to theet to know people

Lazlo, on the other hand, was chatting with anyone ould let hiather, the people seemed friendly and as sane as the situation would allow

“You guys won’t believe this,” Sa the perimeter, and he looked about as shocked as his blank expressions could e “There’s a lion outside”

“A real lion?” a woman asked in a hushed tone

“Oh, yeah, she’s Remy’s,” Lazlo said, and I lowered my head

“You have a pet lion?” Sam asked skeptically, and everyone’s eyes turned to me

“She’s not a pet,” I said “Not like a cat But… yeah, she’s with us So… don’t shoot her”

“You’re lucky I didn’t She took off when I saw her, but she’s hanging around here” Sa himself a plate, which consisted of some kind of bitter , Hope took us to where ould be sleeping, giving us one of the empty rooms It held ten ara set up in the far corner of the roo Blue left with Hope to check out the medical care, and the rest of us settled in

Harlow had seemed better over dinner, but when she lay down in the botto that happened todayof the daold cross around her neck and staring up at the bunk above her

“How are you doing?” I asked, tossingon the bed across from her

“Tired”