Jay's never been the one who leads Tim. Not unless Tim's chasing him cause he took off running after a hooded stranger like an idiot. It's always been Tim - from "some light trespassing" to "where could he have gone?" Tim is the leader, of the two of them. He's smarter and more practical. But Jay has to now. And he's not going to fuck it up. Goddammit.

"Up," he says. "They have access to the ground level, obviously. I don't think those ones can climb very fast, those are more like... Romero zombies. Slow and stupid. The ones we've been running into are like, I don't know, updated video game shit. But I guess they don't move in packs, so I can pick them off. So."

Hey, look, his fucking film degree is sort of coming in handy.

"So we go up," he says, and directs Tim toward the opposite stairwell.