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[agriculturalist]

[LUNDEGAARD]

So. Bad news. What are we doing?

I don't have 10,000 bullets.

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[lineman]

Our herd.

[agriculturalist]

Oh.

I'm going to get them all inside.

[lineman]

Not by yourself. If the horde is 10,000 strong, I'm not sure we need snipers at every watchtower. Ask Bill Rhoades to go with you. And whoever else Henry wants.

If it's true we have 5 days, we should spend at least today trying to harvest the rest of the autumn crops and fruit. The unripe fruit we can make pies. We'll also need crews to collect tree hay and cut whatever grass we can. By hand, I suppose. I'm sorry, I'm just thinking as I go.

[agriculturalist]

I've got a horse. I'm faster than Bill Rhoades and Henry. But fine.

[lineman]

Emmett, it's for safety. I'm not saying you're not good at what you do. I don't want you to be alone.

[agriculturalist]

They're just going to slow me d I said it's fine.

[lineman]

Between the horde and the cougar, no one should be going out alone.

[Emmett]
I'm sorry if I have upset you, Emmett.

John.

[agriculturalist]

It's fine. They're going to slow me down, but I'm not arguing.

Emmett/John

[lineman]

We have five days, at least. Bill was just at the top of my mind, but you can ask whoever you think is best. Just not Alice. I think she should continue to work with the trees.

[...] But Henry should be involved, should he not?

Emmett/John

[agriculturalist]

[...] All right. You're the boss. He's the boss.

Emmett/John

[lineman]

I'm asking for your opinion, Emmett.

Emmett/John

[agriculturalist]

I'm saying that I'm a normal, functional person with a horse, so it'd be faster to just let me deal with it than to consult a guy who's having a mental breakdown and another guy who doesn't wash his hands after he shits if I have their permission first. What're Henry and Bill going to do if I get attacked by a horde, anyway?

Emmett/John

[lineman]

Bill can relieve himself and offer to shake hands with the horde.

Emmett/John

[agriculturalist]

I don't think zombies can be killed by E. coli, John.

Emmett/John

[lineman]

I was making a joke because you seemed agitated. Poorly timed. […] The horde is still several days away, according to Arlo. I was more worried about having a second and third set of eyes given the cougar.

[…] If you truly think enlisting the help of Henry and Bill is a mistake, I defer to who you pick. […] But I suppose what I truly mean is that we weathered the first year together. To me this suggests there is something in each of us we can depend on.

Emmett/John

[agriculturalist]

If the cougar eats me, it eats me. [...] (This is a joke.)

It just feels like everyone trusts the judgment of a dru everyone else over me.

Emmett/John

[lineman]

I cannot speak for everyone else. I have just observed in you a tendency to shoulder things on your own.

Emmett/John

[agriculturalist]

Yeah, I'm the town pack mule.

Emmett/John

[lineman]

You do not need to be. […] But sometimes I cannot tell if this is how you prefer things to be.

Emmett/John

[agriculturalist]

I don't prefer anything. It's just how they are.

Emmett/John

[lineman]

We all prefer something, Emmett.

Emmett/John

[agriculturalist]

It doesn't matter what I prefer. I'm a tool.

[barrow]

I'm here. [...] If Emmett takes Bill, I can ask one of my siblings to help me

[agriculturalist]

[...] Okay. Thanks.

[lineman]

Thank you, Henry.

Is there anything you think we will need from Whitney? I’m putting together a list.