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“You mean…” I trailed off, confused “Already?”
“That is the first time anyone has ever said that to enuinely shocked, but then he shrugged, deciding that nothing made sense when it came to me “I’ll be back for your tray in an hour”
With that, he shut the door, leaving hts It felt like I’d been inside the clean hut forever, but it’d been three days And I didn’t have any sy me a clean bill of health They didn’t think I was infected
I leaned back against the cold wall and let that sink in
They didn’t think I was infected
Should I tell them about the bite? Maybe I needed more time Maybe symptoms would show up later, and by then, it would be too late Isomebody, maybe somebody I really cared about I needed to warn them before they let me out
Or maybe I was like Max Maybe I was immune to the virus too Maybe our parents had been too, if the zombies hadn’t torn them apart
Even if I was immune, should I tell anyone? Did the doctors and scientists need to know? More importantly, did I want them to know?
Max had been locked up forlocked up still didn’t set ith me Before, Beck had been able to look out for Max and ht
Now I’d have to do that, and I couldn’t if they kept e too I needed to be on the outside, not trapped in the sa I didn’t turn into a zo on painfully sloished for aso I’d have sos did not appreciate it I had barely rown stiff That worried me at first, since stiffness and paralysis were symptoms of the virus, but it quickly went away once I loosened , he didn’t tell et back this tiht pierced the darkness of the hut The chill frohten the blanket around myself I needed to keep the bite rinned and stood back so I could walk out
“I’ uncertain
“There’s oneyou have to do first,” Tatuht The other clean huts glinted in the sun I looked around for Lazlo, Blue, or Harlow, but I didn’t see them Other than a few older soldiers, I didn’t see anyone
“Where’s Harlow? And Lazlo?” I asked
“Already on their way through You’re the last one” He walked forward and motioned for et cleaned up,” Tatuates It rehway, except smaller and not as fancy “Go inside and shower Make sure you get everything off you Put your dirty clothes in the bag provided they can be incinerated, along with that blanket”