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"Hello can you hear my voice, hello? Can anybody hear my voice?" Everyone's heads turn around at the sound of a man's voice on the radio, I don't waste a second before running over and responding.
"Hey, hello?" I respond before he speaks again "can you hear my voice?" "Yes i can hear you, you're coming through" there's another pause "anybody who reads, please respond" I'm unsure if he heard but I reply anyway "we're just outside the city."
I wait a minute before letting out a heavy breath, turning around I give my attention to dale "he couldn't hear me, I couldn't warn him" "try to reach him again, come on son" Dale's talking to Shane now "you know best how to work this thing"
Shane comes jogging over slamming the axe he was holding into the tree stump, taking the radio from my hand "hello hello is the person who called still on the air?" He pauses giving the other man time to respond, getting no answer he tries again "this is officer Shane Walsh broadcasting to person unknown please respond" we wait again "he's gone".
My mom walks closer joining in "there are others, it's not just us" Shane shakes his head at the hopeful comment before replying "I mean there would be right? That's why we left the CB on" my mom huffs out a breath trying to keep calm around carl "a lot of good it's been doing and I've been saying for a week we should be putting signs up on 85 to warn people away from the city"
Amy shakes her head joining in the conversation now "folks got no idea what they're getting into" Shane gets up as he responds "well we haven't had time" my mom tries to reason "I think we need to make time" Shane scratches the stubble on his chin "that's a luxury we can't afford, we are surviving here, day to day" Dale joins in now "and who the hell do you suppose we send?" "I'll go, give me a vehicle" mom sound like she's getting annoyed now "nobody goes anywhere alone, you know that" Shane's trying to reason now realising they'll just keep going back and forth "yes, sir" mom mocks before walking off to her tent.
"Mom?" Carl goes to run after her before shane stops him "hey go and sit with your sister bud, you alright go on" after Shane sees carl come running to me he leaves, I'm assuming to check if mom's ok so I lead carl over to Carol and Sophia to play.
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I'm still thinking about the man on the radio earlier whilst sitting with my mom, carl and shane whilst carl was getting his hair cut "baby the more you fidget the longer it takes ok?" She adjusts his head "I'm trying" I try to hide my laugh as carl fidgets "well try harder"
Shane's sitting across from us in a lawn chair, he's cleaning his rifle "you think this is bad, wait until you start shaving, that stings, day comes you'll be wishing for one of your mommas haircuts" carl rolls his eyes at that comment "I'll believe that when I see it" he's still fidgeting "I'll tell you what, you just get through this with some manly dignity and tomorrow I'll teach ya something special"
