"I can't still believe it," Erica said as she took another bite from her steak.
"I believe everyone has the same reaction," Thomas said nonchalantly as he also took another bite from his steak. "But I don't have the time to convince them that I am the real leader, and not some figurehead."
"So before you got into my building, you were fighting the zombies outside, and got caught by what you call Reapers?" Erica inquired.
"That's correct. If not for the Reaper, the two of us wouldn't meet."
"And if that didn't happen, I guess I would die alone in my office," Erica said, realizing Thomas's presence in her life.
"Well you can thank the Reaper for putting me in that building," Thomas chuckled, and Erica followed.
Then—there was silence, they enjoyed the food that was in front of them, and they savored every bite of it as they knew it would be a luxury in the near future. Not unless Thomas decided to raise cows and other domesticated animals, which is he was considering.
