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: “If.”

: “You’re literally limping.”

: “It helps. Pretending someone’s out there. Like the static is just… waiting for the right words.”

An abandoned broadcast tower on a crumbling hill. The dead are clustered below, mindless, groaning. Inside, DAN and PHIL have been holed up for three days. Their supplies are gone. Phil’s leg is wrapped in a dirty bandage — a bite, barely hidden from Dan’s full knowledge. the walking dead phan 12

: “I’ve survived worse odds than ‘if.’”

They start running. Limping. Fighting. Together.

They open the door. The dead turn, slowly. : “If

Dan finally turns. His eyes drop to Phil’s leg. The bandage is darker now.

(quietly, into a dead microphone): “And… that was the sound of no one listening. Signing off from the end of the world. Again.”

He pulls Phil up. Phil sways, bites down on the pain. The dead are clustered below, mindless, groaning

(looking at his leg): “This isn’t an if, Dan. This is a when.”

: “The static isn’t waiting, Phil. The static won. Three years. How many towers have we climbed?”

: “And you’re literally crying.”

(smiling weakly): “Twelve? This one feels taller.”

(voice cracking): “Don’t.”