It all seemed so reasonable, the logic making sense. The problem came where it clashed with the logic Redd has used two years ago. The two concepts just didn’t want to sit quietly in his head. It was all giving him something of a headache. He wasn’t foolish by any means, but this was a matter of survival or it had been. He shook his head and mentally pushed the thoughts back. He’d rather figure out the moral implications of the last two years in comparison to what this group was accomplishing when he was alone and not distracted by the hope that one member of his family could be here. He shrugged at her in response, “I suppose that’s true.”
“Street life must be a lot different than it is in here then. Sounds lot more like civilization than where I was.” He fell silent then. As far as Jake was concerned, this topic was dead. If he could get up and leave, but there was that whole bit about how she had a sharp object in her hand and that he’d really like to not end up disfigured from his beating.
That was part of the problem with the outbreak. People split up because, families specifically. He’d found out he was immune because he’d stayed behind to give Nick and Levi a chance to find Ben. Almost unconsciously, Jake rubbed his arm at the memory as he plastered on a grin. “Thank you. Not sure I’d have much use for an intranet though, specially if she isn’t here.” Well there was that and the fact that his old cell phone had been back at the camp.
“Maybe a touch of both?” He wasn’t really expecting much, but there was a hint of teasing in his voice as he spoke. He wouldn’t really mind having a surprise visitor if it was family. They’d be one hell of a sight for sore eyes at this point. He’d just have to check that he wasn’t dreaming multiple times in the process.