"Why does nobody get that understanding isn't instant," he asked her and himself. Minoru caught up with her, taking swift but light steps. "And why does everyone assume I'm their Goddamn biographer. The first time I saw you, you had beheaded two people. Now I know they were zombies, now I'm not that worried about it. Would it make you feel better if I assumed you knew what the footsteps of zombies sounded like? How about if I start telling everyone you have wings? I don't know you don't. I'm not scared of you, I've seen what you're capable of and I know you're mad right now. I don't even know your name, let alone how sharp your senses are or how well you deal with anger. You have a heart, humanity and all that other great stuff? Fine. I operate on knowledge, not assumptions and I don't know shit about you. Fuck me for not being a stalker. 'Raiden' had been in the tunnels. If he had let us all know that, just a little mention of 'I've been down there', we'd probably be down there right now instead of doing whatever this pointless bullshit is. If you had said 'I'm going to secure the area' instead of 'I don't want to be part of a group that can't work together', you'd be taking heads and I'd be using mine. I don't trust guesses because guesses are usually wrong."<br/><br/>He took a breath and heard the difference in her as she reminded him she was on their side. He lessened the harshness and other less usual traits for him. "We're not the last humans on Earth," he said a bit louder as he stopped and she didn't. "We'll be surrounded by more of them soon and you'll never have to see another walking corpse. Take your heads while ye may." Minoru returned to the locker room and looked at the duct. He couldn't call into it, it would tell the zombies there was still meat in the building. An announcement had the same problem, the journey would be too risky and the questionable DJ might still be there, which may be bad. The guy was probably too far away by now to just reach in for. He wished he hadn't said they knew where he was, since he didn't and now he had no excuse for not going after him. God, he couldn't believe he was actually trying to bring this guy back! He was such a...!! He sighed to the brittleness of the human ego, the brittleness of the tribe and that motherfucking survival at all costs instinct.