[ It very, very clearly throws Ian for a loop - it's in the way his shoulders draw back, in the way his eyebrows shoot up, and that little cock to his jaw to one side like you fucking with me?
Zombies?
Zombies?
As in the Cranberries, as in Walking Dead, 28 days later?
Their curiosity's pretty evenly matched, but he holds his questions for a more opportune time. Kid made it pretty clear he didn't want to show right away. ]
Yeah, seems like it. From what we could gather, they move from planet to planet like scavengers. They research, they judge the sentient life on the planet, and if you don't meet their standards...
[ Well, you saw. ]
They take everything you've got, build up their fleet a little bigger, and they keep moving. No idea how long they've been at it, how many other planets, but it was more than enough to outgun us. I heard the UN thought about nuking them before everything fell apart, but they realized there were a couple dozen orbiting. They'd just tank the entire planet.
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Zombies?
Zombies?
As in the Cranberries, as in Walking Dead, 28 days later?
Their curiosity's pretty evenly matched, but he holds his questions for a more opportune time. Kid made it pretty clear he didn't want to show right away. ]
Yeah, seems like it. From what we could gather, they move from planet to planet like scavengers. They research, they judge the sentient life on the planet, and if you don't meet their standards...
[ Well, you saw. ]
They take everything you've got, build up their fleet a little bigger, and they keep moving. No idea how long they've been at it, how many other planets, but it was more than enough to outgun us. I heard the UN thought about nuking them before everything fell apart, but they realized there were a couple dozen orbiting. They'd just tank the entire planet.