[She's not good at this. She doesn't have anything comforting to say. Normally, that isn't a deficiency she cares about or notices. Right now, the only thing she can really bring to mind is just, "You're still alive."
It's difficult not to smell the blood, even beneath the rancid permeation of mildew and rot covering the mall - and them, by now. Ninety-Nine wrinkles her nose. If she can smell it, then any wild beasts that are still alive will hunt them down just as easily. The zombies might not be smart enough to track or hunt, but they might follow it all the same.
One of the metal grates has collapsed in their way, and the urge to simply pound through it is tempered only by the memory of how quickly the zombies in the water had turned toward the smallest sound, flailing and splashing. It only needs to be enough for one of them to get through. Ninety-Nine starts prying at the mesh with her hands, trying to bend or at least raise it from the bottom up. It isn't entirely jammed, but it's resistant, and her voice is sweaty and strained when she speaks next.]
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[She's not good at this. She doesn't have anything comforting to say. Normally, that isn't a deficiency she cares about or notices. Right now, the only thing she can really bring to mind is just, "You're still alive."
It's difficult not to smell the blood, even beneath the rancid permeation of mildew and rot covering the mall - and them, by now. Ninety-Nine wrinkles her nose. If she can smell it, then any wild beasts that are still alive will hunt them down just as easily. The zombies might not be smart enough to track or hunt, but they might follow it all the same.
One of the metal grates has collapsed in their way, and the urge to simply pound through it is tempered only by the memory of how quickly the zombies in the water had turned toward the smallest sound, flailing and splashing. It only needs to be enough for one of them to get through. Ninety-Nine starts prying at the mesh with her hands, trying to bend or at least raise it from the bottom up. It isn't entirely jammed, but it's resistant, and her voice is sweaty and strained when she speaks next.]
Can you get below?