“No. That doesn’t make any sense.” If anything she should become less attentive, shaky, pale- He couldn’t look at her for more than a few seconds though since he was trying to keep an eye on the road. No matter where they went in the city the streets were all dark. The only light was that of the car’s headlights and the moon. While anyone he hit on this lonely stretch would likely be a zombie he still wasn’t partial to the idea of plowing them over. “Now… what if there was a cure to this all? No more running needed.”

He was going to have to touch on his true intentions eventually. “I started studying up in the medical field when this infection broke out. It only seemed smart with no more doctors left and a thousand possible injuries awaiting to befall anyone. And now I’m thinking that it might be reversible.” He paused, wondering if he came off as crazy. “Is that stupid of me?”