Claire had only been in Colligo for a few days, and she already knew that this place was even more screwed up than things were back home. That was definitely saying something, considering just what kind of things Claire had been dealing with before being brought to the city. There were the zombies and monsters, of course, and the long and grueling process of trying to take down Umbrella once and for all, but there was also the death of Steve that she was still dealing with. She'd only known him a short time, but his death just hit her hard for some reason. Maybe it was because he was so young and innocent in all of it, and something so horrific had happened to kill him. Maybe it was because he apparently loved her, as he'd admitted to that much just before he died. And maybe it was because she'd loved him, too.
After discovering YouTube and finding the scene from the game when Steve had died in her arms, Claire was thoroughly depressed, and she needed to get out for a while in order to try and get those images out of her head. Not that that would be happening anytime soon. She'd been replaying it over and over in her mind since it happened.
It was by pure chance that she stumbled upon Adam, the very person who had told her she was from a video game in the first place. He was also the first zombie Claire had ever encountered that wasn't just a mindless killer. She didn't really know what compelled her to do it, but before she knew it, she was approaching him as he sat there on the bench.
"Uh, hey," she greeted with a small, polite smile. "Adam, right?"