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Aren't those just zombies?

[ Because like. Brains. ]

[silentscout]

What's a zombie?

[comburst]

It's a dead thing that likes to eat brains.

[ In horror movies. ]

[silentscout]

Oh.

[A pause.]

Trolls eat all of the body. Do zombies do that too?

[comburst]

Sort of? I guess in some thing they're just after brains, but they pretty much take bites out of whatever.

[ He doesn't watch THAT many horror flicks, okay. ]

[silentscout]

That seems like a waste. Why not eat all the meat on a body? At least then the body isn't wasted.

[Lalli, zombies don't have to make sense.}

[comburst]

I don't know, they're just fuckin' fictional back home, it's not like they have to make sense.

[ He's never spent that much time thinking about the logistics of zombies, okay. ]

[silentscout]

Oh.

[That makes sense to him. If you've never grown up around them, you wouldn't actually know that much. So he just accepts that answer and nods.

...and doesn't explain anything further about living in a world of zombies, because he's Like That. Sometimes he needs to be prodded with the right questions to share information, because he doesn't realize he's leaving important bits out.

But that's also about the time he will see the ayatori wrapped around a branch, and he pauses.]

What's this?

[comburst]

Looks like a kid's game.

[ He hasn't looked that closely yet. ]