As much as Nick wanted to argue that point, say something in favor of the parents who were ignoring their children – it was hard to when the evidence of their blind eye was right in front of them, currently playing zombies. “Not everyone ignores them,” she countered instead. “I mean Kori doesn’t,” Nick felt a need to at least stick up for Kori, since the older woman put a lot of time and effort into the daycare. “But she’s only one person, plus it really should be their parents that get them to stop this.” It was sickening to watch the kids play as if zombies weren’t the scariest things out there. Plus, with two of her brothers possibly out and about in the world, it made her nervous to think that that could be happening to them for real.
Hell must of seriously frozen over, because she and Maddie were getting along. Nick had to wonder if part of this was because the other girl still felt responsible for her injury, an injury that Nick herself didn’t blame Maddie for, so she didn’t understand why the other girl would blame herself for it. She supposed if they were going to agree on something, it was nice that it something as serious as kids playing zombies, though.
Alright, now hell really had frozen over. Maddie was no only agreeing with her about the zombie game, she was offering to help Nick stop it. For a moment she blinked in surprise, trying her best to hide it, but certain that the other girl probably caught the expression before she was able to pull her features into a less shocked look. “Well, I don’t think we should actually get physical with them, because that’ll just make us bullies,” she began. “But I do think we should do something about it, because this game is horrifying and insulting.” Especially to people who had lost someone to the infection, which was probably almost everyone living in the compound – but some losses were newer than others, like Maddie’s.
“We should,” Nick agreed with a nod. “And you’re right, they shouldn’t be playing a game like that.” Did she just tell Maddie that she was right? Yep, this had to be some kind of sign that they really were living through the end of the world. “But we’re not going to shove them around while we do it.”