Re: You know the deal - open
What was new about that? Nobody was happy about what he was. About who he was. Even his 'friends' back home thought he was creepy - he'd seen their looks and their discomfort at being alone with him. Nobody trusted him, except maybe Hazel. But of course, he'd brought her back from the dead, and she trusted him. She didn't know him, though. Nobody living did.
"Zombies?" He looked interested, but not particularly scared. Why should he be? The dead obeyed him. "Never seen one of those."