˂Wait, so you deliberately moved into an apartment with dead cats in the wall? And here I thought our roach problem was bad.˃ Not that he wouldn't kill to go back to the time when his worst problems were roaches, getting groceries, taking care of his dad, and 7th grade. Not that it was important right now.

So the woman couldn't run. Alright. Or at least not any better than your average adult in average adult clothes, which wasn't great.˂Okay˃ He told her, ˂If we have to bail I'm going to pick you up. Just because if you lose a shoe and step on something and it gets infected, you're screwed.˃ Not a problem for him, but the lack of meds wasn't fun for most people.

Privately, he decided he liked her. Sure, she was a bitch. But she was a bitch whose reaction to danger was to prepare to beat it with whatever was in reach. And while it was insane, Marco had some kind of odd appreciation for that.

˂I'm one hundred percent on team 'beat the crap out of this thing', though.˃ The gorilla commented, picking up a plank of his own and hefting it in one beefy hand ˂You hit it and I'll either grab it or slam it if it tries anything. That way, if it's nice we won't knock it out, and if it's mean, I hit harder than you.˃