[ She begins to go through the motions of searching the kitchen, but her mind is still on the big, fat unknowns above and below. As such, Ellie opens a drawer or two without seeing their contents before glancing back, silently to Joel. When she's able to catch his eye, she furrows her brow more deeply and jerks her head toward the other room in question.
They can loot whatever is left of this potential safe house when they're sure it's as safe as any place can be, these days. Before that, there could be a hunter lurking in a closet, or - rare and unlikely though it may be - someone innocent who is just trapped or hurt and in need of help. Sam and Henry had been a frightening surprise at first, but...after...
She doesn't proceed before getting the go-ahead, but she will lean somewhat to glance around the corner of the galley kitchen. The other room seems like a front entrance, some kind of sitting or living room, with dusty furniture left undisturbed for years. Beyond that, there's usually a staircase heading upstairs near the front door. If not (or, in addition), a door somewhere around here might lead them down into a basement.
There's lots of opportunity for potential supplies to be squirreled away in places people had last left them before the end of the world, when a pair of scissors or roll of tape hadn't been potentially life-saving. There's also lots of opportunity for a lone Infected, hovering in place and nearly silent, to linger where it had once lived... ]
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They can loot whatever is left of this potential safe house when they're sure it's as safe as any place can be, these days. Before that, there could be a hunter lurking in a closet, or - rare and unlikely though it may be - someone innocent who is just trapped or hurt and in need of help. Sam and Henry had been a frightening surprise at first, but...after...
She doesn't proceed before getting the go-ahead, but she will lean somewhat to glance around the corner of the galley kitchen. The other room seems like a front entrance, some kind of sitting or living room, with dusty furniture left undisturbed for years. Beyond that, there's usually a staircase heading upstairs near the front door. If not (or, in addition), a door somewhere around here might lead them down into a basement.
There's lots of opportunity for potential supplies to be squirreled away in places people had last left them before the end of the world, when a pair of scissors or roll of tape hadn't been potentially life-saving. There's also lots of opportunity for a lone Infected, hovering in place and nearly silent, to linger where it had once lived... ]