Joel, on the other hand, has not yet seen anyone who looked anything but perfectly human on this little adventure, and no one - not even Ellie - has thought to warn him about it.

So the sight of - well, a thing that is clearly not a regular person makes his eyes go wide with shock and a startled hiss of breath leave him.

"What the hell is that?" he exclaims, grabbing Ellie to pull her away from it, regardless of her and Venus's reactions.