With the present threat of danger passed, Daniel can take more time to examine the space they're in and then immediately wish he hadn't taken the time to examine the space they're in, because the space they're in is incredibly creepy and abandoned and probably full of those things, and there's still the whole host of questions prickling at the back of his head concerning zombie ethics.
They don't seem sentient, sure, but that doesn't mean they aren't. It's probable they're acting instinctively, reverted to a base "eat to survive" mentality that doesn't seem to extend to actual logical self-preservation. They rely overly on smell and, judging by the clusters of them, might function in a very loose pack structure, minus the hierarchy and intelligent coordination and anything resembling a pack structure in the animalistic sense. Okay, so more like they travel in groups because it's convenient - more prey can be cornered with greater numbers (at this Daniel suppresses another shiver). Maybe that could also be attributed to base instinct, the automatic clustering for strength in numbers.
Their intelligence levels must not be very impressive if Melanie's able to invoke the "if you can't smell it then it must not be there" logic on them, so perhaps Daniel's giving them too much credit.
Melanie's warning hand halts his wandering thought process in its tracks. Then she raises her fingers.
Six of them.
Daniel swallows hard.
"Could we throw something, lead them away?" he whispers. It's an extremely basic strategy but the hungries don't seem to be particularly gifted in the critical thinking department. The issue would be actually throwing something without attracting their attention with the sudden movement.
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They don't seem sentient, sure, but that doesn't mean they aren't. It's probable they're acting instinctively, reverted to a base "eat to survive" mentality that doesn't seem to extend to actual logical self-preservation. They rely overly on smell and, judging by the clusters of them, might function in a very loose pack structure, minus the hierarchy and intelligent coordination and anything resembling a pack structure in the animalistic sense. Okay, so more like they travel in groups because it's convenient - more prey can be cornered with greater numbers (at this Daniel suppresses another shiver). Maybe that could also be attributed to base instinct, the automatic clustering for strength in numbers.
Their intelligence levels must not be very impressive if Melanie's able to invoke the "if you can't smell it then it must not be there" logic on them, so perhaps Daniel's giving them too much credit.
Melanie's warning hand halts his wandering thought process in its tracks. Then she raises her fingers.
Six of them.
Daniel swallows hard.
"Could we throw something, lead them away?" he whispers. It's an extremely basic strategy but the hungries don't seem to be particularly gifted in the critical thinking department. The issue would be actually throwing something without attracting their attention with the sudden movement.