Issue 85 (ATDLD)

3 weeks had passed. Gerald and the group had been travelling east.
“We’ve been travelling for weeks now. We’re probably in Quebec,” panted Tripp.
“Maybe we’ll find a group here,” suggested Kenney.
“My feet hurt,” Bebe told Gerald.
“Thought you’d be used to that after a year,” replied Gerald.
“Can’t believe it’s been a year. A year! Feels like a century. All we do is move. So many people are dead,” sighed Kenney.
“How many people do you think are left?” asked Gabriel.
“Not many, Gabe. Think about how many muertos we’ve seen,” replied Gerald.
Gerald stopped when he saw a person in the distance.
“You think they’re friendly?” asked Tripp.
The person saw the group and shoot at them. They ran over.
“Who are you?” he asked.
“I’m Gerald,” replied Gerald.
“Gerald, huh?” replied the man. 
“You friendly?” asked Bebe.
“Kids?” asked the man.
Gerald gave a confused look.
“My friends call me Swarfiga. I haven’t seen a kid in about a year. Most died in the early days,” explained Swarfiga.
“You have friends?” asked Konrad.
“Yeah. Loads,” replied Swarfiga.
“Anyone called David?” asked Flint.
“Hmm… nah,” replied Swarfiga.
Swarfiga took us to the group.
“Swarfiga! Are you insane? New people?” asked a woman, angrily.
“What? They’re not dangerous. They have kids!” replied Swarfiga.
“Kids?” asked the woman.
She looked at Gabriel, Bebe, Jimmy, and Kenny Jr.
“Wow,” she said.
“This is Gerald. He’s the leader,” Swarfiga told her.
“Of what? We’re just survivors,” replied Gerald.
“We all are,” replied Swarfiga.
“I’m Stella, by the way,” said the woman.
“Hello,” replied Gerald.
Swarfiga and Stella led the group into the mansion.
“This your place?” Tripp asked Swarfiga.
“Yeah,” replied Swarfiga.
“I had a house like this,” Gerald told Swarfiga.
“What happened to it?” asked Swarfiga.
“A load of my family died there. Now it’s just me, my brother, my wife, and son and daughter,” replied Gerald.
“Don’t know what I’d do if I lost Stella,” replied Swarfiga.
“How many of you are there?” asked Konrad.
“Well… there’s me, Stella, Brooke, Jordan, Cedric, Warren… so six of us,” replied Swarfiga.
“Not a big group,” replied Gerald.
Swarfiga took us to the main room.