Yes. [He looks out at the desert and while he has been closed off before. There is a crack in that guard. He looks tired, haunted, and yet there is a spark in his eyes that will not fade.

He rubs at his face.] They seem to be faster and stronger than us when they first appear. Do not let them touch you. It causes your flesh to rot.

They plague us until killed or the town returns to the beginning of a cycle.

[There’s a pause. He looks at him.] You don’t have to trust me. But, I do what I can to protect the people displaced and stuck here. That means you too.