He walks down a weed-choked road. There are bones in the weeds and the burned-out shell of a Charlie Chu-Chu Chicken stand.
CAPTION: WE’RE CAMPED IN YOSEMITE. I CAME OUT TO DO SOME SEARCHING. PICK UP SOME STUFF.
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Benny crouches in the tall grass, eating a chicken drumstick. A pair of giraffes walk by.
CAPTION: THE WILDLIFE IS CRAZY. ALL THE ANIMALS THAT ESCAPED FROM ZOOS AND CIRCUSES ON FIRST NIGHT ARE BREEDING OUT HERE.
CAPTION: WE EVEN SAW A RHINO ONCE. WEIRD.
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Big panel. He stands on a rise above a small camp. We can see tiny figures in the distance.
CAPTION: LAST YEAR I LIVED IN A TOWN. LAST YEAR I DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO FIGHT. LAST YEAR I HADN’T EVER KILLED A ZOM. OR A PERSON.
CAPTION: LAST YEAR WE HADN’T SEEN THE PLANE.
CAPTION: LAST YEAR TOM WAS ALIVE.
CAPTION: I NEVER KNEW SO MUCH COULD CHANGE IN A YEAR.
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Big panel. Benny walks toward camp. We see his three companions. All are about fifteen. NIX is short, curvy, freckled and has lots of wild wavy red hair. She has a scar across her forehead. She is very pretty. LILAH is taller, lean, athletic, sexy in a feral kind of way; with long blond hair so pale it looks white. She has honey-colored eyes, a good tan, and looks a bit aloof and strange. CHONG is Chinese-American. He’s a skinny, bony nerd with glasses. Highly intelligent face.
CAPTION: TOM TRAINED ALL OF US.
CAPTION: NIX RILEY. MY GIRLFRIEND. QUEEN OF FRECKLES. VERY COMPLICATED.
CAPTION: LOU CHONG. BEST FRIEND. SMARTEST PERSON I KNOW. TOTAL KLUTZ IN THE WOODS.
CAPTION: LILAH. CRAZY AND WAY DANGEROUS. SPENT FIVE YEARS LIVING IN A CAVE, KILLING ZOMS AND BOUNTY HUNTERS.
CAPTION: SHE AND CHONG ARE A THING. A VERY STRANGE, DYSFUNCTIONAL THING.
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On Nix, who holds Benny’s satchel and is removing a bra from it.
BENNY: I FOUND SOME GOOD STUFF.
NIX (reading a tag): WONDERBRA?
3.
On Lilah as she leans on her spear (a length of black pipe with a Marine Corps Ka-Bar attached to one end).
LILAH: YOU DIDN’T FIND ANYTHING USEFUL? AMMUNITION? WE’RE DOWN TO FOURTEEN BULLETS.
BENNY: NAH. THE PLACE HAD BEEN LOOTED ALREADY.
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