Zed had already seen him, her nose curled up in disgust as she skidded to a halt, her eyes fixed on the man blocking their way.<br/>He looked, to her, as though he had been attacked by some animal, she's seen the state of a guy after he'd been attacked by a rottwhieler, his throat had been torn out, his face crushed by it's huge jaws.<br/>Things like that, beatings and attacks often for no reason, other than you were living on the streets, was a common enough happening in the city. Then of course people often died on the streets of the cold or because of drugs and drink and it wasn't much fun coming across a half eaten corpse with the rats and crows sitting waiting for you to leave so that they could continue their feast.<br/><br/>She heard Michael's curse almost laughing at it, that was a new one, she would have to remember that.....<br/><br/>Zed shook her head at him, there was no need for him to try and shield her, she was a damned sight harder than she apparently looked.<br/>"No...I've seen him Michael, no need....I've seen a hell of a lot worse......"<br/><br/>She gave him a quick smile, to show that she appreciated the fact that he had even taken a moment to think about her.<br/>"Come on, lets get inside before the cops catch us, I don't think we can help this poor bugger...."