“That figures. People are always busy and ignoring their kids.” Her parents never would've let any of them do anything like this. To a more mature person, Maddie's criticism of Kori and the other daycare volunteers was unfair and on some level Maddie did understand that, but what she was watching was sickening – almost literally so. Anger and nausea were a strange pair of feelings.
Stranger, too, was the realization that she and Nick were actually agreeing on something. Not that Maddie had put any effort into tormenting the other girl (guilt had kept her from doing that), but it was weird to be in agreement that this form of behavior, from kids old enough to know better, was inappropriate and highly offensive.
Hearing Nick's next words, Maddie turned her attention away from the scene to look at the girl. “Yeah, I know what you mean,” she said quietly. Her brother was being buried tomorrow; she didn't need this kind of reminder. Young boys making light of the zombies was like a slap in the face. “You thinking we should scare the crap out of them? Maybe shove 'em around a little bit?” It was a little more violent than what she normally would've suggested when dealing with kids, but this whole thing was pissing her off.
She straightened up, letting her hands fall back to her sides. “We should do something. Especially if nobody else is gonna do it. Those kids shouldn't be able to play a game like that and get away with it.”