There's chaos all around them, but Karis took a moment to drag R toward the edge of the melee. She wasn't about to let him get conked on the head this early in the game. The fact that he was spitting up the black bile that seemed to replace blood in his particular version of zombie-ness bothered her. That wasn't normal. It smeared over the front of her nurse uniform, but she ignored it as she tried to drag him along.

"Weird? Weird how?"

Her eyes darted back and forth, scanning for threats. She couldn't do this in the open - but, Hell, what else was she gonna do. She reached over and gave his cheek a little slap with her free hand, "Stay with me, kiddo. What'd they do to you...?"