𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙉𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙣

you died screaming yet the monster who took your place was silent.

nothin just survivin

[ he blows a puff of air through his lips and shrugs, leaning back and folding his arms over his chest. ] sounds like a 'you' problem to me, buddy. garage can wait, we got plenty vehicles to make it through today. we need supplies. [ a pointed smile. ] better get moving.

⠀ 𝑠ⲏᵉ 𝘬͟𝘯͟𝘰͟𝘸͟𝘴 what′𝓈 going on, all the sweet𝘦͜𝘢𝘻𝘦 are 𝓰𝙤𝙣𝙚. ⠀

... Uh huh. [ expression drops briefly - then he's all smiles again. ] Y'know, while you're here, Val — there's a few guys heading out on a run in about an hour, except one of 'em can't make it on account of the uh ... /hole/ we unfortunately had to put through his head. ++

No, I'm not. But I /am/ his second in command, which means you answer to me, /definitely/ not the other way around.

[ chuckle. ] ooookay ... and what gave you the impression that you can just give me commands whenever you feel like it?

Hmm... nah, gonna have to ask nicely.

... Ya gonna tell me why?

... Do I?

Morning, degenerates.

⠀ deprived of 𝘢𝘭𝘭 his thoughts the 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝘉𝘖𝘠 struggles ON 𖬺͟ 𝙊𝙉 ⸻ he's 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣 .

𝗠𝗬 𝗠𝗘͜ 𝗥𝗖𝗬 𝕻𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗦 𝗠𝗬 𝖂𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗛 ․ ⎖