Kaishou raided a small food store. Most of the canned foods were in good condition. He looked at the young girl, whose name he never learned yet. He kneeled down and looked at her, he handed her some more food. He grinned as she ate and he began to eat as well. He hadn't been overtaken yet, it seemed.
Quote from: KaishouSo, you got a name?
Quote from: Young GirlYeah, my name is Leah.
Leah, it was a nice name. It was his mother's name. It was an interesting coincidence. He patted her head and kept grinning. If he couldn't protect Reiko, he'd protect Leah. No, he still had to deal with Sarah. That was his priority but how would he engage such a foe?
(Reiko PoV)
Reiko kept driving. The gas station they passed through was destroyed, nature was still quite powerful. Sarah, her abusive mother. It was a memory she remembered quite well, a memory with scars. She remembered how her dad had died first. A man in a black suit came by the house that night. He had told them that John, their father, had passed away from a heart attack. They weren't allowed to see the corpse because they had cremated him. It left Kaishou, her and their Mom, Sarah. Their mom was never the same and was always drunk. She beat both of them, and they became really close to each other. Her mom one day even brought her to a secluded room and injected her with a syringe. When Kaishou and their mom, Sarah went out one day, the man in black returned again. It was the most terrifying moment in her life. Had Kaishou and her mom died? No, it was only Sarah who had passed away. She died from alcohol poisoning, the man told them.
Quote from: ReikoWhat...? My mom wasn't a person who'd love leopards. She loved microscopic things. She was a bit of a scientist, I never understood why she was working at a factory in an assembly line. She was really smart. And yes, my mom was abusive to us both but she wasn't always abusive. When our dad died, she became really different.
She continued to drive, trying to focus. She wasn't a really skilled driver.