Silence is Consent
“All right, three of us have made it this far-”
“FOUR!”
“Right, you’re still alive. I forgot.”
“Damn right you did. One of them bit me but I’m ain’t goin nowhere.”
“Fine. May I continue?”
“You know what? Screw you Bob! You’re not our leader. You think you are just because you wave around that gun.”
“Hush!”
“No Suzy, I ain’t gonna be quiet now. He needs to know that not one of us likes him, much less trusts him. He’s a stranger. D’ya hear me? Huh Bob?”
“I hear ya, Eddie. I just want to know if it’s the truth. Karen? Suzy? Neither of you can even meet my eyes. I didn’t mean to trouble you when I found you and I won’t start now. Good luck out there- it’s a strange new world.”
“Bob?”
“Forget him, he’s gone.”
“What’re we going to do now? What if those things find us here? You idiot- you drove away the only person with a gun! Karen can’t talk, and you might as well be one-armed for all the good your left arm is.”
“It’s your fault too. You let me do it… Do you hear that?”
“Oh god, it’s them. Run!”