[ He means that to be reassuring, but it comes out sounding ... sort of resigned, almost clinical. He turns back toward Carlisle, finally, and taps one of his temples. ]
Their brains were destroyed with the rest of them. By the time their bones got up and walked, the child was already gone. So they didn't suffer long. [ a twitch of the shoulders that's barely a shrug. ] Not that that makes it any better, but.
[ But they were mindless, that's what he's getting at. There was no awareness in them, only the drive to seek out the living and propagate the virus through their screams. It only looked like they were begging for help. ]
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[ He means that to be reassuring, but it comes out sounding ... sort of resigned, almost clinical. He turns back toward Carlisle, finally, and taps one of his temples. ]
Their brains were destroyed with the rest of them. By the time their bones got up and walked, the child was already gone. So they didn't suffer long. [ a twitch of the shoulders that's barely a shrug. ] Not that that makes it any better, but.
[ But they were mindless, that's what he's getting at. There was no awareness in them, only the drive to seek out the living and propagate the virus through their screams. It only looked like they were begging for help. ]