Rebecca smiled softly at Kate when the other girl joined her and Tony, wiped her eyes with the back of her sleeve angrily, and whispered a thanks.   All things considered, she was keeping it together fairly well, Todd thought, especially with what they’d just seen.<br/><br/>He stepped away from the teenagers and moved toward Caitlin.  He kept his voice low, more out of fear of attracting zombies than being overheard by the other humans, “I’d like to ask that you stay with the priest and the kids.  I don’t know which floor you worked or what your background is, but your medical knowledge is too valuable to risk on a wild goose chase.  We both know the chances aren’t good of finding his friend.  Twelve hours yesterday and all of today without knowing if his friend is alive, for all we know his friend could be back with his wife by now.  The guns aren’t as valuable as they seem.  These things aren’t that smart, and as long as we remain rational and think things through we can outsmart them.  Just consider this, without medical facilities we’re back in the dark ages.  People can die from infections and broken wrists just as easily as an attack.  You have the knowledge to save a lot more lives by playing it safe and keeping yourself out of harm’s way.”<br/><br/>Todd studied her face for a moment, wondered if anything he said had sunk in, and then moved on to where Chris and Kate were.<br/><br/>He spoke to them in the same hushed tone.  “Look, I can’t tell you what to do.  I don’t have that right, none of us do.  I know leaving a man behind is hard, especially if he’s your best friend.  It'll haunt you for the rest of your days, I know that.  I respect you for having the passion to go and drag him out of that hell.  You said it was hard getting out of there.  I’d like to hear how hard it was.  What exactly do you think you’ll run into?  The fact that these things overran a fortified, armed installation doesn’t bode well for us.  You had armed and highly trained officers to hold that place.  My gut would’ve thought that would’ve been the safest place in the city.  You had days after the Mercy Hospital incident to fortify the Police Station.  Somehow none of that was good enough to keep the place safe.  Now you want to sneak into this same facility.  How many floors and buildings are you going to have to search?  You don’t even know if he’s still there.  For all you know he could be back home with his wife.  You want to confirm that Zeke is still there before you lead a bunch of people to their deaths?  I know the mayor decided to tell everyone that they could abandon their posts, but you decided to put on that uniform afterwards, with all that uniform comes with.  You have six civilians here you can Serve and Protect or you can lead people to a building where we know these things have been for someone who may not even be there.  S.W.A.T., special weapons and tactics, means you think before you act.  You’ve been trained to think without being influenced by your emotions, right?  I can’t tell you what to do.   I won’t tell you that you’re making a mistake, I’m just asking you to think this through.”<br/><br/>Todd looked between Kate and Chris, before looking into the store at the others.  Someone with Chris’ training would go a long way to protect those Todd was responsible for, but if the man was capable of ignoring his training, and selfish enough to willing put others in danger, maybe Chris wasn’t the type of person who could benefit the group.<br/>